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cottontail rabbit

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cottontail rabbit

Summary

cottontail rabbit is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,248 views/month, #1,050 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • cottontail rabbit's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • cottontail rabbit is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • cottontail rabbit is classified within rabbits and hares[5].
  • cottontail rabbit's scientific name is Sylvilagus[6].
  • cottontail rabbit's Commons category is recorded as Sylvilagus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of cottontail rabbit is Lepus sylvaticus[8].
  • cottontail rabbit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sylvilagus[9].
  • cottontail rabbit is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cottontail rabbit'}[10].
  • cottontail rabbit is commonly known as {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure cu coadă de bumbac'}[11].
  • cottontail rabbit is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bombaževorepi kunec'}[12].
  • cottontail rabbit's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].
  • cottontail rabbit's homonymous taxon is recorded as Sylvilagus[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, cottontail rabbit is Sylvilagus[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It is classified within rabbits and hares[5]. The taxonomic type of it is Lepus sylvaticus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cottontail rabbit'}[10], {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Iepure cu coadă de bumbac'}[11], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bombaževorepi kunec'}[12].

Identifiers

cottontail rabbit's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43096[15]. cottontail rabbit's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9987[16]. cottontail rabbit's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 10818[17]. cottontail rabbit's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436839[18]. cottontail rabbit's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180119[19].

Why It Matters

cottontail rabbit ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,248 views/month, #1,050 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Sylvilagus
    Taxon rank → genus
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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