Arctic hare

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q231625
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Arctic hare

Summary

Arctic hare is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,366 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arctic hare's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Arctic hare is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Arctic hare's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Arctic hare is classified within Lepus (Lepus)[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Arctic hare is Lepus arcticus[7].
  • Arctic hare's Commons category is recorded as Lepus arcticus[8].
  • Arctic hare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lepus arcticus[9].
  • Arctic hare's Commons gallery is recorded as Lepus arcticus[10].
  • Arctic hare's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'L. arcticus'}[11].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Arctic hare'}[12].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Arctic Hare'}[13].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Polarhase'}[14].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure arctic'}[15].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'polarhare'}[16].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'llebre ártica'}[17].
  • Arctic hare is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure polar'}[18].
  • Arctic hare's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Arctic hare is Lepus arcticus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Lepus (Lepus)[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Polarhase'}[14], {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure arctic'}[15], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'polarhare'}[16], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'llebre ártica'}[17], and {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure polar'}[18].

Identifiers

Arctic hare's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43126[20]. Arctic hare's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62618[21]. Arctic hare's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 988114[22]. Arctic hare's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436696[23]. Arctic hare's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552511[24].

Why It Matters

Arctic hare ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,366 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Romanian Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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