Himalayan tahr

species of large ungulate
Taxon taxon Q728636
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Himalayan tahr

Summary

Himalayan tahr is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,519 views/month, #1,322 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Himalayan tahr's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Himalayan tahr is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Himalayas is named after Himalayan tahr[5].
  • Himalayan tahr's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[6].
  • Himalayan tahr is classified within Hemitragus[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Himalayan tahr is Hemitragus jemlahicus[8].
  • Himalayan tahr's Commons category is recorded as Hemitragus jemlahicus[9].
  • Himalayan tahr's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hemitragus jemlahicus[10].
  • Himalayan tahr's Commons gallery is recorded as Hemitragus jemlahicus[11].
  • Himalayan tahr's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Himalayan tahr's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. jemlahicus'}[13].
  • Himalayan tahr is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Himalayan Tahr'}[14].
  • Himalayan tahr is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Himalaya-Tahr'}[15].
  • Himalayan tahr is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Himalayatahr'}[16].
  • Himalayan tahr is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '塔尔羊'}[17].
  • Himalayan tahr is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Himalayan tahr'}[18].
  • Himalayan tahr's different from is recorded as Tar[19].
  • Himalayan tahr's habitat is recorded as forest[20].
  • Himalayan tahr's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+6'}[21].
  • Himalayan tahr's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+21.8'}[22].
  • Himalayan tahr's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • Himalayan tahr's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[24].
  • Himalayan tahr's diel cycle is recorded as crepuscular[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Himalayan tahr is Hemitragus jemlahicus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Hemitragus[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Himalayan Tahr'}[14], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Himalaya-Tahr'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Himalayatahr'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '塔尔羊'}[17].

Discovery and Description

Himalayas is named after Himalayan tahr[5].

Identifiers

Himalayan tahr's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42324[26]. Himalayan tahr's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37179[27]. Himalayan tahr's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038796[28]. Himalayan tahr's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220174[29]. Himalayan tahr's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625146[30].

Why It Matters

Himalayan tahr ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,519 views/month, #1,322 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Habitat forest
    Gestation period {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+6'}
    Parent taxon Hemitragus
    Diel cycle crepuscular
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