elephant

large terrestrial mammals from Africa and Asia
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q7378
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elephant

Summary

elephant is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. elephant ranks in the top 1% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,035 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • elephant's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • elephant's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, elephant is Elephantidae[5].
  • elephant is a type of mammal[6].
  • elephant's Commons category is recorded as Elephants[7].
  • elephant's said to be the same as is recorded as Q117260772[8].
  • elephant's color is recorded as grey[9].
  • elephant's Unicode character is recorded as 🐘[10].
  • elephant comprises elephant's trunk[11].
  • elephant comprises elephant tusk[12].
  • elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elephants[13].
  • elephant's described at URL is recorded as https://neal.fun/earth-reviews/elephants[14].
  • elephant's main food source is recorded as plant[15].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[18].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • elephant's has characteristic is recorded as elephant cognition[21].
  • elephant's this taxon is source of is recorded as elephant tusk[22].
  • elephant is commonly known as Elephant[23].
  • elephant is commonly known as Éléphant[24].
  • elephant is commonly known as Elefant[25].
  • elephant is commonly known as Elefante[26].
  • elephant is commonly known as Ελέφαντας[27].

Body

Classification

elephant's scientific name is Elephantidae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Elephant[23], Éléphant[24], Elefant[25], Elefante[26], Ελέφαντας[27], and हाथी[28].

Discovery and Description

Things named for elephant include Lucy the Elephant[29], a monument[30], in United States[31], founded in 1881[32]; Order of the Elephant[33], an order of chivalry[34], in Denmark[35], founded in 1693[36]; Elephant's Trunk nebula[37], a molecular cloud[38]; Srikalahasti[39], a town in India[40], in India[41]; Al-Fīl[42], a surah[43]; Heffalump[44], a fictional species of animal[45]; Queen's Gambit Declined, Elephant Trap[46], a chess trap[47]; and Elephant Gambit[48], a chess opening[49].

Why It Matters

elephant ranks in the top 1% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,035 views/month).[2] elephant has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] elephant is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for elephant include Lucy the Elephant[29], a monument[30], in United States[31], founded in 1881[32]; Order of the Elephant[33], an order of chivalry[34], in Denmark[35], founded in 1693[36]; Elephant's Trunk nebula[37], a molecular cloud[38]; Srikalahasti[39], a town in India[40], in India[41]; Al-Fīl[42], a surah[43]; and Heffalump[44], a fictional species of animal[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Pharos · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    This taxon is source of → elephant tusk
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1672]]: [[Q107389598]]"
  2. 9w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Q7378-ar.ogg, LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Inzovu.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P443]]: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Inzovu.wav"
  3. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Elephants
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Elephants, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Princess Anna of Montenegro
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292101, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5561
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 5561, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477977|ELEPHANT (#167477977)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
  6. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → elephant
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: elephant, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925916|elephant (#289925916)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008764-sloni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008764-sloni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  8. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → elephant cognition
    Subclass of → mammal
    Instance of → organisms known by a particular common name, taxon
    Different from → Elefant, Fil
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20384, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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