Homopus

Summary

Homopus is a taxon^[1]. Homopus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Homopus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Homopus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Homopus is classified within Testudinidae^[5].
• Homopus is endemic to Southern Africa^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Homopus is Homopus^[7].
• Homopus's Commons category is recorded as Homopus^[8].
• Homopus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Homopus^[9].
• Homopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Tortoises'}^[10].
• Homopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortues du Cap'}^[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Homopus is Homopus^[7]. Homopus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Homopus is classified within Testudinidae^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cape Tortoises'}^[10] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Tortues du Cap'}^[11].

Distribution

Homopus is endemic to Southern Africa^[6].

Identifiers

Homopus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40073^[12]. Homopus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 285991^[13]. Homopus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13802^[14]. Homopus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441416^[15]. Homopus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208707^[16].

Why It Matters

Homopus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).^[2] Homopus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] Homopus is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]