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Herpestes

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q312207
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Herpestes

Summary

Herpestes is a taxon[1]. Herpestes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month, #1,574 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Herpestes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Herpestes is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Herpestes belongs to the parent taxon Herpestidae[5].
  • Herpestes's scientific name is Herpestes[6].
  • Herpestes's Commons category is recorded as Herpestes[7].
  • Herpestes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Herpestes[8].
  • Herpestes's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Herpestes's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Herpestes is Herpestes[6]. Herpestes is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Herpestes belongs to the parent taxon Herpestidae[5].

Identifiers

Herpestes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41894[11]. Herpestes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9699[12]. Herpestes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35924[13]. Herpestes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434243[14]. Herpestes's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180612[15].

Why It Matters

Herpestes ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month, #1,574 of 195,241).[2] Herpestes has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Herpestes is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 55m ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2156519
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007558049705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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