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Crested porcupine

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Taxon taxon Q262307
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Crested porcupine

Summary

Crested porcupine is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month, #1,421 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crested porcupine's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Crested porcupine is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Crested porcupine's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Crested porcupine belongs to the parent taxon Hystrix[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Crested porcupine is Hystrix cristata[7].
  • Crested porcupine's Commons category is recorded as Hystrix cristata[8].
  • Crested porcupine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hystrix cristata[9].
  • Crested porcupine's Commons gallery is recorded as Hystrix cristata[10].
  • Crested porcupine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. cristata'}[11].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crested Porcupine'}[12].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Puercoespín'}[13].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Porc-épic à Crete'}[14].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Porc-épic du Nord de l'Afrique"}[15].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nordafrikanisches Stachelschwein'}[16].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kamm-Stachelschwein'}[17].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'puercuespín crestudu'}[18].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'torcán cíorach Tuaidh-Afracach'}[19].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'afriški ježevec'}[20].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'North African Crested Porcupine'}[21].
  • Crested porcupine is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'North African crested porcupine'}[22].
  • Crested porcupine's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+28'}[23].
  • Crested porcupine's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[24].

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Classification

Crested porcupine's scientific name is Hystrix cristata[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Hystrix[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crested Porcupine'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Puercoespín'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Porc-épic à Crete'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Porc-épic du Nord de l'Afrique"}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nordafrikanisches Stachelschwein'}[16], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kamm-Stachelschwein'}[17].

Identifiers

Crested porcupine's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44171[25]. Crested porcupine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10137[26]. Crested porcupine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326521[27]. Crested porcupine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219888[28]. Crested porcupine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584681[29].

Why It Matters

Crested porcupine ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (958 views/month, #1,421 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . The National Terminology Database for Irish. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). 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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    Taxon rank → species
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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