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Christmas Island shrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q383709
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Summary

Christmas Island shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (555 views/month, #1,566 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: extinct species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Crocidura[5]
  • Taxon name: Crocidura trichura[6]
  • Commons category: Crocidura trichura[7]
  • Short name: C. trichura[8]
  • Taxon common name: Christmas Island Shrew[9], Weihnachtsinsel-Spitzmaus[10]
  • Taxon author citation: Dobson, 1888[11]
  • P14516: critically endangered[12]

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Identifiers

Christmas Island shrew's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46698[13]. Christmas Island shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1414670[14]. Christmas Island shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 323521[15]. Christmas Island shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435570[16]. Christmas Island shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 709767[17].

Why It Matters

Christmas Island shrew has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Crocidura
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → species
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: critically endangered, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
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