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California vole

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California vole

Summary

California vole is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • California vole's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • California vole is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • California vole's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • California vole is classified within Microtus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, California vole is Microtus californicus[7].
  • California vole's Commons category is recorded as Microtus californicus[8].
  • California vole's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. californicus'}[9].
  • California vole is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Amargosa Vole'}[10].
  • California vole is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'California Vole'}[11].
  • California vole is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kalifornische Wühlmaus'}[12].
  • California vole is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Meteoro de California'}[13].
  • California vole's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, California vole is Microtus californicus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Microtus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Amargosa Vole'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'California Vole'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kalifornische Wühlmaus'}[12], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Meteoro de California'}[13].

Identifiers

California vole's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44326[15]. California vole's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 100895[16]. California vole's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 310277[17]. California vole's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438603[18]. California vole's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180305[19].

Why It Matters

California vole ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month, #1,572 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Taxon rank → species
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → taxon
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293765905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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