elephant bird or aepyornithiformes

Summary

elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #34 of 9,701).^[2]

Key Facts

• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is classified at the rank of family^[4].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is classified within Aepyornithiformes^[5].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is endemic to Madagascar^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is Aepyornithidae^[7].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's Commons category is recorded as Aepyornithidae^[8].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aepyornithidae^[9].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[12].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[13].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'elephant bird'}^[14].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'oiseau-éléphant'}^[15].
• elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's different from is recorded as Aepyornis^[16].

Body

Classification

elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's scientific name is Aepyornithidae^[7]. It is classified at the rank of family^[4]. It is classified within Aepyornithiformes^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'elephant bird'}^[14] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'oiseau-éléphant'}^[15].

Distribution

elephant bird or aepyornithiformes is endemic to Madagascar^[6].

Identifiers

elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 570755^[17]. elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 147492^[18]. elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4433299^[19]. elephant bird or aepyornithiformes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4844153^[20].

Why It Matters

elephant bird or aepyornithiformes ranks in the top 0.35% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,472 views/month, #34 of 9,701).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]