gibbon

family of apes
Taxon taxon Q185939
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gibbon

Summary

gibbon is a taxon[1]. gibbon ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,301 views/month, #533 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • gibbon received the Q25385081[3].
  • gibbon's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • gibbon is classified at the rank of family[5].
  • gibbon belongs to the parent taxon Hominoidea[6].
  • gibbon's scientific name is Hylobatidae[7].
  • gibbon's Commons category is recorded as Hylobatidae[8].
  • gibbon's said to be the same as is recorded as Q65320373[9].
  • gibbon began on -8000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • gibbon's topic's main category is recorded as Q9689569[11].
  • gibbon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gibbons[12].
  • gibbon's Commons gallery is recorded as Hylobatidae[13].
  • gibbon's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • gibbon's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • gibbon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • gibbon's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[17].
  • gibbon's different from is recorded as Gibbons[18].
  • gibbon's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+8.5'}[19].
  • gibbon's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q65320373[20].
  • gibbon's means of locomotion is recorded as brachiation[21].
  • gibbon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • gibbon's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[23].
  • gibbon's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[24].

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Classification

gibbon's scientific name is Hylobatidae[7]. gibbon is classified at the rank of family[5]. gibbon belongs to the parent taxon Hominoidea[6].

Identifiers

gibbon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43585[25]. gibbon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9577[26]. gibbon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1652[27]. gibbon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5484[28]. gibbon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 572775[29].

Why It Matters

gibbon ranks in the top 0.27% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,301 views/month, #533 of 195,241).[2] gibbon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] gibbon is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did gibbon receive?

Honors received include Q25385081[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . zootierdesjahres.de. Retrieved . zootierdesjahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . animals.nationalgeographic.com. animals.nationalgeographic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . Diurnality, nocturnality, and the evolution of primate visual systems. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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