Atilax

genus of mammals
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q10736022
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Atilax

Summary

Atilax is a monotypic taxon[1]. Atilax ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Atilax's image is recorded as Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (22548192738).jpg[3].
  • Atilax's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Atilax's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Atilax's parent taxon is recorded as Herpestidae[6].
  • Atilax's taxon name is recorded as Atilax[7].
  • Atilax's Commons category is recorded as Atilax paludinosus[8].
  • Atilax's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 210641[9].
  • Atilax's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621786[10].
  • Atilax's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 59120[11].
  • Atilax's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 40999[12].
  • Atilax's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434187[13].
  • Atilax's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atilax[14].
  • Atilax's MSW ID is recorded as 14000478[15].
  • Atilax's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/120n7srn[16].
  • Atilax's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1270125[17].
  • Atilax's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41918[18].
  • Atilax's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 73254[19].
  • Atilax's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1032930[20].
  • Atilax's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 6832[21].
  • Atilax's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 353L[22].
  • Atilax's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/65e25d9d-f481-4149-9726-0b4f5f2bdde1[23].

Why It Matters

Atilax ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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