American alligator

species of alligator
Taxon taxon Q193327
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American alligator

Summary

American alligator is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,838 views/month, #327 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • American alligator's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • American alligator is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • American alligator's physically interacts with is recorded as Burmese python[5].
  • American alligator's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • American alligator is classified within Alligator[7].
  • American alligator is endemic to United States[8].
  • American alligator's scientific name is Alligator mississippiensis[9].
  • American alligator's Commons category is recorded as Alligator mississippiensis[10].
  • American alligator began on -8000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • American alligator's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alligator mississippiensis[12].
  • American alligator's Commons gallery is recorded as Alligator mississippiensis[13].
  • American alligator's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • American alligator's has characteristic is recorded as carnivore[15].
  • American alligator's has characteristic is recorded as apex predator[16].
  • American alligator's has characteristic is recorded as polygyny[17].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American alligator'}[18].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Alligator'}[19].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mississippi Alligator'}[20].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'aligátor americanu'}[21].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'misisipski aligator'}[22].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'misisipijski aligator'}[23].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'aligator missisipski'}[24].
  • American alligator is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'aligator amerykański'}[25].
  • American alligator's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01698640-n[26].
  • American alligator's habitat is recorded as marsh[27].

Body

Classification

American alligator's scientific name is Alligator mississippiensis[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Alligator[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mississippi Alligator'}[20], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'aligátor americanu'}[21], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'misisipski aligator'}[22], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'misisipijski aligator'}[23], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'aligator missisipski'}[24].

Distribution

American alligator is endemic to United States[8].

Identifiers

American alligator's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26159[28]. American alligator's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8496[29]. American alligator's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 796029[30]. American alligator's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441370[31]. American alligator's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551771[32].

Why It Matters

American alligator ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,838 views/month, #327 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . commons.wikimedia.org. commons.wikimedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . thevlm.org. thevlm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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