Homo floresiensis

extinct species of hominid
Taxon fossil_taxon Q186266
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Homo floresiensis

Summary

Homo floresiensis is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.25% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,881 views/month, #24 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Homo floresiensis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Homo floresiensis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Flores Island is named after Homo floresiensis[5].
  • Homo floresiensis belongs to the parent taxon Homo[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Homo floresiensis is Homo floresiensis[7].
  • Homo floresiensis's Commons category is recorded as Homo floresiensis[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Homo floresiensis is LB1[9].
  • Homo floresiensis began on -190000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Homo floresiensis ended on -50000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Homo floresiensis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Homo floresiensis[12].
  • Homo floresiensis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. floresiensis'}[13].
  • Homo floresiensis dates from the Pleistocene[14].
  • Homo floresiensis's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Homo floresiensis is Homo floresiensis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Homo[6]. The taxonomic type of it is LB1[9].

Discovery and Description

Flores Island is named after Homo floresiensis[5].

Identifiers

Homo floresiensis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 460371[16]. Homo floresiensis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454117[17]. Homo floresiensis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4827627[18].

Why It Matters

Homo floresiensis ranks in the top 0.25% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,881 views/month, #24 of 9,701).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . 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. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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