Chinese giant salamander

species of salamander
Taxon taxon Q61312
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Chinese giant salamander

Summary

Chinese giant salamander is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,244 views/month, #1,063 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese giant salamander's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Chinese giant salamander is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Chinese giant salamander's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • Chinese giant salamander is classified within Andrias[6].
  • Chinese giant salamander is endemic to People's Republic of China[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Chinese giant salamander is Andrias davidianus[8].
  • Chinese giant salamander's Commons category is recorded as Andrias davidianus[9].
  • Chinese giant salamander's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Andrias davidianus[10].
  • Chinese giant salamander's Commons gallery is recorded as Andrias davidianus[11].
  • Chinese giant salamander's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. davidianus'}[12].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chinese giant salamander'}[13].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大鲵'}[14].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Chinese reuzensalamander'}[15].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '中国大鲵'}[16].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'sacavera xigante chinesa'}[17].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kitajski orjaški močerad'}[18].
  • Chinese giant salamander is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'チュウゴクオオサンショウウオ'}[19].
  • Chinese giant salamander's different from is recorded as Japanese giant salamander[20].
  • Chinese giant salamander's type locality is recorded as Sichuan[21].
  • Chinese giant salamander's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[22].
  • Chinese giant salamander's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[23].
  • Chinese giant salamander's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[24].

Body

Classification

Chinese giant salamander's scientific name is Andrias davidianus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Andrias[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大鲵'}[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Chinese reuzensalamander'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '中国大鲵'}[16], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'sacavera xigante chinesa'}[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kitajski orjaški močerad'}[18].

Distribution

Chinese giant salamander is endemic to People's Republic of China[7].

Identifiers

Chinese giant salamander's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26813[25]. Chinese giant salamander's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 141262[26]. Chinese giant salamander's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1018725[27]. Chinese giant salamander's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432037[28]. Chinese giant salamander's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202085[29].

Why It Matters

Chinese giant salamander ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,244 views/month, #1,063 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . list of endangered and protected species of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . List of Standard Japanese Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . Species+. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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