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Greater kudu

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q139487
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Summary

Greater kudu is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,104 views/month, #1,193 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Tragelaphus[5]
  • Taxon name: Tragelaphus strepsiceros[6]
  • Subclass of: Kudu[7]
  • Commons category: Tragelaphus strepsiceros[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tragelaphus strepsiceros[9]
  • Commons gallery: Tragelaphus strepsiceros[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) mortality in European Zoological Institutions: a Retrospective Study.[12]
  • Original combination: Antilope strepsiceros[13]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[14]
  • This taxon is source of: shofar[15]
  • Short name: T. strepsiceros[16]
  • Taxon common name: Greater Kudu[17], kudu velký[18], Kudú mayor[19], Büyük kudu[20], Grand Koudou[21], veliki kudu[22], Större kudu[23]
  • Gestation period: 8 month[24]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 23.5 years[25]
  • Derivative work: Bucky Oryx-Antlerson[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]

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Identifiers

Greater kudu's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42339[28]. Greater kudu's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9946[29]. Greater kudu's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038792[30]. Greater kudu's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220183[31]. Greater kudu's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625134[32].

Why It Matters

Greater kudu has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    This taxon is source of → shofar
    Original combination → Antilope strepsiceros
    Parent taxon → Tragelaphus
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