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 (17,786 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • elephant's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • elephant is a type of mammal[4].
  • elephant's Commons category is recorded as Elephants[5].
  • elephant's color is recorded as grey[6].
  • elephant's Unicode character is recorded as 🐘[7].
  • elephant comprises elephant's trunk[8].
  • elephant comprises elephant tusk[9].
  • elephant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elephants[10].
  • elephant's described at URL is recorded as https://neal.fun/earth-reviews/elephants[11].
  • elephant's main food source is recorded as plant[12].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • elephant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • elephant's has characteristic is recorded as elephant cognition[18].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elephant'}[19].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Éléphant'}[20].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elefant'}[21].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Elefante'}[22].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Ελέφαντας'}[23].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'हाथी'}[24].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ゾウ'}[25].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '코끼리'}[26].
  • elephant is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Слон'}[27].

Body

Classification

Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elephant'}[19], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Éléphant'}[20], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Elefant'}[21], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Elefante'}[22], {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Ελέφαντας'}[23], and {'lang': 'hi', 'text': 'हाथी'}[24].

Discovery and Description

Things named for elephant include Srikalahasti[28], a town in India[29], in India[30]; Heffalump[31], a fictional species of animal[32]; Lucy the Elephant[33], a monument[34], in United States[35], founded in 1881[36]; Elephant Gambit[37], a chess opening[38]; Order of the Elephant[39], an order of chivalry[40], in Denmark[41], founded in 1693[42]; Al-Fīl[43], a surah[44]; Elephant's Trunk nebula[45], a molecular cloud[46]; and Queen's Gambit Declined, Elephant Trap[47], a chess trap[48].

Why It Matters

elephant ranks in the top 1% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,786 views/month).[2] elephant has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] elephant is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for elephant include Srikalahasti[28], a town in India[29], in India[30]; Heffalump[31], a fictional species of animal[32]; Lucy the Elephant[33], a monument[34], in United States[35], founded in 1881[36]; Elephant Gambit[37], a chess opening[38]; Order of the Elephant[39], an order of chivalry[40], in Denmark[41], founded in 1693[42]; and Al-Fīl[43], a surah[44].

References

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  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [48] . 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. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d 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
    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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