Herpestidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q80479
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Herpestidae

Summary

Herpestidae is a taxon[1]. Herpestidae ranks in the top 0.092% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,257 views/month, #179 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Herpestidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Herpestidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Herpestidae is classified within Feliformia[5].
  • Herpestidae belongs to the parent taxon Herpestoidea[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Herpestidae is Herpestidae[7].
  • Herpestidae's Commons category is recorded as Herpestidae[8].
  • Herpestidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mongooses[9].
  • Herpestidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q8972918[10].
  • Herpestidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Herpestidae[11].
  • Herpestidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • Herpestidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Herpestidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Herpestidae's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[15].
  • Herpestidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[16].
  • Herpestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ihneumoni'}[17].
  • Herpestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'mangustowate'}[18].
  • Herpestidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mangusten'}[19].
  • Herpestidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Classification

Herpestidae's scientific name is Herpestidae[7]. Herpestidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Feliformia[5] and Herpestoidea[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ihneumoni'}[17], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'mangustowate'}[18], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mangusten'}[19].

Identifiers

Herpestidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41893[21]. Herpestidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9697[22]. Herpestidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7673[23]. Herpestidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9678[24]. Herpestidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180611[25].

Why It Matters

Herpestidae ranks in the top 0.092% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,257 views/month, #179 of 195,241).[2] Herpestidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Herpestidae is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 112
    Gnd id → 4339481-4
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', '
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Muschampia proto
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  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mongooses
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Feliformia, Herpestoidea
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12472, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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