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Cape porcupine

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Taxon taxon Q844420
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Cape porcupine

Summary

Cape porcupine is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month, #1,495 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cape porcupine's image is recorded as Stachelschwein2.jpg[3].
  • Cape porcupine's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Cape porcupine's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Cape porcupine's parent taxon is recorded as Hystrix[7].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon range map image is recorded as Hystrix africaeaustralis distribution map.png[8].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon name is recorded as Hystrix africaeaustralis[9].
  • Cape porcupine's Commons category is recorded as Hystrix africaeaustralis[10].
  • Cape porcupine's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 10748[11].
  • Cape porcupine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08228p[12].
  • Cape porcupine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10138[13].
  • Cape porcupine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584680[14].
  • Cape porcupine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326520[15].
  • Cape porcupine's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 234845[16].
  • Cape porcupine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219885[17].
  • Cape porcupine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hystrix africaeaustralis[18].
  • Cape porcupine's Commons gallery is recorded as Hystrix africaeaustralis[19].
  • Cape porcupine's MSW ID is recorded as 13400050[20].
  • Cape porcupine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. africaeaustralis'}[21].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape porcupine'}[22].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Porcupine'}[23].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Crested Porcupine'}[24].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Porcupine'}[25].
  • Cape porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südafrikanisches Stachelschwein'}[26].
  • Cape porcupine's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+370'}[27].

Why It Matters

Cape porcupine ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month, #1,495 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Hystrix africaeaustralis. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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