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Common mole rat

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Common mole rat
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Common mole rat

Summary

Common mole rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #1,594 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Common mole rat's image is recorded as Cryptomys hottentotus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02822.JPG[3].
  • Common mole rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Common mole rat's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Common mole rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Common mole rat's parent taxon is recorded as Cryptomys[7].
  • Common mole rat's taxon name is recorded as Cryptomys hottentotus[8].
  • Common mole rat's Commons category is recorded as Cryptomys hottentotus[9].
  • Common mole rat's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 111932681[10].
  • Common mole rat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/051vvrc[11].
  • Common mole rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10175[12].
  • Common mole rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584671[13].
  • Common mole rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326229[14].
  • Common mole rat's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 234129[15].
  • Common mole rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437213[16].
  • Common mole rat's MSW ID is recorded as 13400014[17].
  • Common mole rat's original combination is recorded as Bathyergus hottentottus[18].
  • Common mole rat's taxon synonym is recorded as Bathyergus hottentottus[19].
  • Common mole rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. hottentotus'}[20].
  • Common mole rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African mole rat'}[21].
  • Common mole rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Mole Rat'}[22].
  • Common mole rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern African Mole-rat'}[23].
  • Common mole rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Afrikanischer Graumull'}[24].
  • Common mole rat's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Cryptomys-hottentotus[25].
  • Common mole rat's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0999724[26].
  • Common mole rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43749[27].

Why It Matters

Common mole rat ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month, #1,594 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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