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fox squirrel

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Taxon taxon Q694296
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fox squirrel

Summary

fox squirrel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,231 views/month, #851 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • fox squirrel's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • fox squirrel is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • fox squirrel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • fox squirrel belongs to the parent taxon Q281124[6].
  • fox squirrel is classified within Sciurus[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, fox squirrel is Sciurus niger[8].
  • fox squirrel's Commons category is recorded as Sciurus niger[9].
  • fox squirrel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sciurus niger[10].
  • fox squirrel's Commons gallery is recorded as Sciurus niger[11].
  • fox squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Sciurus cinereus[12].
  • fox squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Sciurus vulpinus[13].
  • fox squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Sciurus rufiventer[14].
  • fox squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Macroxus neglectus[15].
  • fox squirrel's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. niger'}[16].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern fox squirrel'}[17].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bryant's Fox Squirrel"}[18].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Delmarva Fox Squirrel'}[19].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern Fox Squirrel'}[20].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fox Squirrel'}[21].
  • fox squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Östliches Fuchshörnchen'}[22].
  • fox squirrel's invasive to is recorded as European Union[23].
  • fox squirrel's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[24].
  • fox squirrel's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[25].
  • fox squirrel's taxon range is recorded as North America[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, fox squirrel is Sciurus niger[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Q281124[6] and Sciurus[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern it'}[17], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bryant's Fox Squirrel"}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Delmarva Fox Squirrel'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fox Squirrel'}[21], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Östliches Fuchshörnchen'}[22].

Identifiers

fox squirrel's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46020[27]. fox squirrel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 34861[28]. fox squirrel's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 347428[29]. fox squirrel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219683[30]. fox squirrel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180172[31].

Why It Matters

fox squirrel ranks in the top 0.44% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,231 views/month, #851 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ecopedia.be. ecopedia.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Sciurus niger. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Sciurus niger. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Sciurus niger. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . List of invasive alien species of Union concern. wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . 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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    Topic's main category → Category:Sciurus niger
    Taxon synonym → Sciurus cinereus, Sciurus vulpinus, Sciurus rufiventer +1
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