Erinaceidae

family of mammals in the order Erinaceomorpha
Taxon taxon Q28257
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Erinaceidae

Summary

Erinaceidae is a taxon[1]. Erinaceidae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (940 views/month, #1,340 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Erinaceidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Erinaceidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Erinaceidae belongs to the parent taxon Eulipotyphla[5].
  • Erinaceidae belongs to the parent taxon Erinaceomorpha[6].
  • Erinaceidae's scientific name is Erinaceidae[7].
  • Erinaceidae is used for biological pest control[8].
  • Erinaceidae's Commons category is recorded as Erinaceidae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Erinaceidae is Erinaceus[10].
  • Erinaceidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Erinaceidae[11].
  • Erinaceidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Erinaceidae[12].
  • Erinaceidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Erinaceidae[13].
  • Erinaceidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[14].
  • Erinaceidae's main food source is recorded as worm[15].
  • Erinaceidae's main food source is recorded as insect[16].
  • Erinaceidae's main food source is recorded as Mus[17].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[18].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[22].
  • Erinaceidae's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
  • Erinaceidae's topic has template is recorded as Template:Erinaceidae[24].
  • Erinaceidae's topic has template is recorded as Template:Erinaceidae[25].
  • Erinaceidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'piggsvinfamilien'}[26].
  • Erinaceidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ježi'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Erinaceidae is Erinaceidae[7]. Erinaceidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Eulipotyphla[5] and Erinaceomorpha[6]. The taxonomic type of Erinaceidae is Erinaceus[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'piggsvinfamilien'}[26] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ježi'}[27].

Identifiers

Erinaceidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43011[28]. Erinaceidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9363[29]. Erinaceidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5722[30]. Erinaceidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552310[31].

Why It Matters

Erinaceidae ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (940 views/month, #1,340 of 195,241).[2] Erinaceidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Erinaceidae is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). departments.bucknell.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source worm, insect, Mus
    Code of nomenclature International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Topic has template Template:Erinaceidae, Template:Erinaceidae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15735, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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