Cervus canadensis

species of mammal in the deer family (Cervidae)
Taxon taxon Q180404
Cervus canadensis
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Cervus canadensis

Summary

Cervus canadensis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,821 views/month, #267 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cervus canadensis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cervus canadensis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Cervus canadensis's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Cervus canadensis is classified within Cervus[6].
  • Cervus canadensis's scientific name is Cervus canadensis[7].
  • Cervus canadensis's Commons category is recorded as Cervus canadensis[8].
  • Cervus canadensis began on -2500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Cervus canadensis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cervus canadensis[10].
  • Cervus canadensis's Commons gallery is recorded as Cervus canadensis[11].
  • Cervus canadensis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Cervus canadensis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[13].
  • Cervus canadensis's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[14].
  • Cervus canadensis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Cervus canadensis's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Siebzehnter Band[16].
  • Cervus canadensis's this taxon is source of is recorded as wapiti meat[17].
  • Cervus canadensis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. canadensis'}[18].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wapiti'}[19].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cerf Wapiti'}[20].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Uapití'}[21].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wapiti'}[22].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wapiti'}[23].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'uapití'}[24].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '马鹿'}[25].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'North American elk'}[26].
  • Cervus canadensis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'elk'}[27].

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Classification

Cervus canadensis's scientific name is Cervus canadensis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Cervus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wapiti'}[19], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Cerf Wapiti'}[20], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Uapití'}[21], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wapiti'}[22], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'uapití'}[24], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '马鹿'}[25].

Identifiers

Cervus canadensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 204114[28]. Cervus canadensis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1574408[29]. Cervus canadensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4446297[30]. Cervus canadensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8600904[31]. Cervus canadensis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898259[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cervus canadensis include Elk Ridge[33], a city in the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1971[36] and Edmonton Elks[37], a Canadian football team[38], in Canada[39], founded in 1949[40].

Why It Matters

Cervus canadensis ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,821 views/month, #267 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Elk Ridge[33], a city in the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1971[36] and Edmonton Elks[37], a Canadian football team[38], in Canada[39], founded in 1949[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q43477155. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . IUCN Red List. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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