honey badger

Summary

honey badger is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.013% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,919 views/month, #25 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• honey badger's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• honey badger is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• honey badger's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• honey badger belongs to the parent taxon Mellivora^[6].
• honey badger's scientific name is Mellivora capensis^[7].
• honey badger's Commons category is recorded as Mellivora capensis^[8].
• honey badger's Commons gallery is recorded as Mellivora capensis^[9].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as honey^[10].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as beehive^[11].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as bee^[12].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as larva^[13].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Naja^[14].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Testudinidae^[15].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as gecko^[16].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Rhombomyina^[17].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Pedetes capensis^[18].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as tuber^[19].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as carrion^[20].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Madoqua^[21].
• honey badger's main food source is recorded as Old World porcupine^[22].
• honey badger's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• honey badger's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• honey badger's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• honey badger's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• honey badger's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

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Classification

honey badger's scientific name is Mellivora capensis^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Mellivora^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Honey badger'}^[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Blaireau à miel'}^[29], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ratel'}^[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ratel'}^[31], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rattel'}^[32], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Honigdachs'}^[33].

Identifiers

honey badger's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41834^[34]. honey badger's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9664^[35]. honey badger's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328035^[36]. honey badger's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433695^[37]. honey badger's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621929^[38].

Why It Matters

honey badger ranks in the top 0.013% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,919 views/month, #25 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]