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Common shrew

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Taxon taxon Q591450
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Common shrew

Summary

Common shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,522 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Common shrew's image is recorded as Sorex araneus2.JPG[3].
  • Common shrew's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Common shrew's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Common shrew's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Common shrew's parent taxon is recorded as Sorex[7].
  • Common shrew's taxon range map image is recorded as Common Shrew area.png[8].
  • Common shrew's taxon name is recorded as Sorex araneus[9].
  • Common shrew's Commons category is recorded as Sorex araneus[10].
  • Common shrew's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Satitsu buztankarratu.wav[11].
  • Common shrew's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 29661[12].
  • Common shrew's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06kz7z[13].
  • Common shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42254[14].
  • Common shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633779[15].
  • Common shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 124497[16].
  • Common shrew's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20518[17].
  • Common shrew's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 104184[18].
  • Common shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8316400[19].
  • Common shrew's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sorex araneus[20].
  • Common shrew's Commons gallery is recorded as Sorex araneus[21].
  • Common shrew's MSW ID is recorded as 13700459[22].
  • Common shrew's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as E5383D6A-CBD4-4F91-BB00-B36A7075CD1C[23].
  • Common shrew's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. araneus'}[24].
  • Common shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common shrew'}[25].
  • Common shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Musaraña Colicuadrada'}[26].
  • Common shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'MUSARAÑA COLICUADRADA'}[27].

Why It Matters

Common shrew ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month, #1,522 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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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