Elegant water shrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q612916
Elegant water shrew
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Elegant water shrew

Summary

Elegant water shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elegant water shrew's image is recorded as EB1911 Insectivora — Fig. 6.—The Tibetan Water-shrew (Nectogale elegans).jpg[3].
  • Elegant water shrew's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Elegant water shrew's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Elegant water shrew's parent taxon is recorded as Nectogale[7].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon range map image is recorded as Elegant Water Shrew area-3.png[8].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon range map image is recorded as Elegant Water Shrew area-2.png[9].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon name is recorded as Nectogale elegans[10].
  • Elegant water shrew's Commons category is recorded as Nectogale elegans[11].
  • Elegant water shrew's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 41455[12].
  • Elegant water shrew's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wbynh[13].
  • Elegant water shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 268758[14].
  • Elegant water shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633774[15].
  • Elegant water shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178934[16].
  • Elegant water shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435493[17].
  • Elegant water shrew's MSW ID is recorded as 13700431[18].
  • Elegant water shrew's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/elegant-water-shrew[19].
  • Elegant water shrew's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as F7D9EE14-AFCE-4AC0-8ACE-323F48C92CFC[20].
  • Elegant water shrew's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. elegans'}[21].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elegant Water Shrew'}[22].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Web-footed Water Shrew'}[23].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tibetan Water Shrew'}[24].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gebirgsbachspitzmaus'}[25].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gebirgsbach-Spitzmaus'}[26].
  • Elegant water shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Tibetanische Wasserspitzmaus'}[27].

Why It Matters

Elegant water shrew ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 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] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Note sur quelques Mammifères du Thibet oriental. 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] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. 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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