box turtle

Summary

box turtle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (806 views/month, #1,432 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• box turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• box turtle is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• box turtle is classified within Emydidae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, box turtle is Terrapene^[6].
• box turtle's Commons category is recorded as Terrapene^[7].
• box turtle began on -15000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].
• box turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Terrapene^[9].
• box turtle's has characteristic is recorded as brumation^[10].
• box turtle's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[11].

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Classification

box turtle's scientific name is Terrapene^[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Emydidae^[5].

Identifiers

box turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39806^[12]. box turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 85610^[13]. box turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14127^[14]. box turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9065560^[15]. box turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173775^[16].

Why It Matters

box turtle ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (806 views/month, #1,432 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]