American alligator
species of alligator
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Summary
American alligator is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,525 views/month, #327 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Physically interacts with: Burmese python[4]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
- Parent taxon: Alligator[6]
- Endemic to: United States[7]
- Taxon name: Alligator mississippiensis[8]
- Commons category: Alligator mississippiensis[9]
- Start time: -8000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Alligator mississippiensis[11]
- Commons gallery: Alligator mississippiensis[12]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13]
- Has characteristic: carnivore[14], apex predator[15], polygyny[16]
- Taxon common name: American alligator[17], Mississippi Alligator[18], aligátor americanu[19], misisipski aligator[20], misisipijski aligator[21], aligator missisipski[22], aligator amerykański[23]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01698640-n[24]
- Habitat: marsh[25], swamp[26], tropics[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[28]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Alligator_mississippiensis[29]
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Identifiers
American alligator's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26159[30]. American alligator's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8496[31]. American alligator's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 796029[32]. American alligator's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441370[33]. American alligator's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551771[34].
Why It Matters
American alligator has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]