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Greater cane rat

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Taxon taxon Q932685
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Greater cane rat

Summary

Greater cane rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (643 views/month, #1,532 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greater cane rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Greater cane rat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Greater cane rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Greater cane rat belongs to the parent taxon Cane rat[6].
  • Greater cane rat's scientific name is Thryonomys swinderianus[7].
  • Greater cane rat's Commons category is recorded as Thryonomys swinderianus[8].
  • Greater cane rat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • Greater cane rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. swinderianus'}[10].
  • Greater cane rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Cane Rat'}[11].
  • Greater cane rat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Rohrratte'}[12].
  • Greater cane rat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Greater cane rat is Thryonomys swinderianus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Cane rat[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Cane Rat'}[11] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Rohrratte'}[12].

Identifiers

Greater cane rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46279[14]. Greater cane rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10169[15]. Greater cane rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326380[16]. Greater cane rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437636[17]. Greater cane rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584691[18].

Why It Matters

Greater cane rat ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (643 views/month, #1,532 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Cane rat
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Instance of → taxon
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549532005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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