Cynictis penicillata

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q732544
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Cynictis penicillata

Summary

Cynictis penicillata is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month, #1,463 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cynictis penicillata's image is recorded as 082 Yellow mongoose in Khomas Region Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[3].
  • Cynictis penicillata's image is recorded as Mangosta groga.JPG[4].
  • Cynictis penicillata's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Cynictis penicillata's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Cynictis penicillata's parent taxon is recorded as Cynictis[8].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon range map image is recorded as Yellow Mongoose area.png[9].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon name is recorded as Cynictis penicillata[10].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Commons category is recorded as Cynictis penicillata[11].
  • Cynictis penicillata's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 41597[12].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/074pjh[13].
  • Cynictis penicillata's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41010[14].
  • Cynictis penicillata's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621887[15].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326843[16].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 232162[17].
  • Cynictis penicillata's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434174[18].
  • Cynictis penicillata's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cynictis penicillata[19].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Commons gallery is recorded as Cynictis penicillata[20].
  • Cynictis penicillata's MSW ID is recorded as 14000508[21].
  • Cynictis penicillata's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/yellow-mongoose[22].
  • Cynictis penicillata's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. penicillata'}[23].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellow mongoose'}[24].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mangouste fauve'}[25].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mangouste jaune'}[26].
  • Cynictis penicillata's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Yellow Mongoose'}[27].

Why It Matters

Cynictis penicillata ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month, #1,463 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 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] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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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