honey badger

species of mammal

Taxon taxon Q173128

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: M. capensis^[25]
CITES Appendix: Appendix III of CITES^[37]
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Different from: Ratel IFV^[32]
Gestation period: +6^[34]
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern^[3]
Longest observed lifespan: +31.3^[35]
Main food source: honey, beehive, bee, larva, Naja, Testudinidae, gecko, Rhombomyina, Pedetes capensis, tuber, carrion, Madoqua, Old World porcupine^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Mass: +12^[33]
Original combination: Viverra capensis^[24]
Parent taxon: Mellivora^[4]
Taxon common name: Honey badger, Blaireau à miel, Ratel, Honey Badger, Ratel, Rattel, Honigdachs, ratel, tasso del miele^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Taxon name: Mellivora capensis^[5]
Taxon rank: species^[2]
Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972^[36]

🏷️ Also known as

en Mellivora capensis en ratel en honey badger ar غرير العسل ar الظربان ar ظربان cs Mellivora capensis cs medojed kapský cs Medojed cs Medojedi cs Mellivorinae da Mellivora capensis da Honninggrævling de Mellivora capensis de Honigdachs de Ratel el ασβός του μελιού es tejón de la miel es tejon mielero es tejon de la miel

🔖 Identifiers · 38

Library of Congress authority ID: sh2005000880
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Honey badger.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID: Mellivora_capensis
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1005860
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 58655
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: honigdachs
CITES Species+ ID: 9613
CalPhotos taxon ID: Mellivora+capensis
Catalogue of Life ID: 3ZLBF
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 328035
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/ratel
Fossilworks taxon ID: 232916

Show all 38 identifiers +26

Freebase ID: /m/01_g5x
GBIF taxon ID: 2433695
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: honninggrevling
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2198388
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: medoed-699225
INaturalist taxon ID: 41834
IRMNG ID: 10709485
ITIS TSN: 621929
IUCN taxon ID: 41629
India Biodiversity Portal species ID: 238416
Know Your Meme slug: honey-badger
Lex ID: honninggrævling
MSW ID: 14001293
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2780947961, 2910035827
NCBI taxonomy ID: 9664
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007540089605171
Observation.org taxon ID: 79452
Open Tree of Life ID: 923109
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 232916
Quora topic ID: Honey-Badgers
UMLS CUI: C0325054
Vikidia article ID: fr:Ratel
Wellcome Collection concept ID: vauz7f33
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 02450949-n
Xeno-canto species ID: Mellivora-capensis
Yale LUX ID: concept/bd47d8bb-41ac-4531-bf4b-d74bc7ed0a63

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🔗 Connections

Main food source 12

honey, bee, Testudinidae, larva, beehive, tuber, gecko, Naja +4 more

Described by source 4

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia

Different from 1

Ratel IFV

IUCN conservation status 1

Least Concern

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Mellivora

Taxon rank 1

species

← Species kept 1

San Diego Zoo

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Summary

honey badger is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ honey badger — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ honey badger — IUCN conservation status (P141): Least Concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ honey badger — parent taxon (P171): Mellivora. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ honey badger — taxon name (P225): Mellivora capensis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): honey. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): beehive. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): bee. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): larva. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Naja. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Testudinidae. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): gecko. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Rhombomyina. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Pedetes capensis. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): tuber. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): carrion. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Madoqua. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ honey badger — main food source (P1034): Old World porcupine. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ honey badger — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ honey badger — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ honey badger — described by source (P1343): Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ honey badger — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ honey badger — described by source (P1343): New International Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ honey badger — original combination (P1403): Viverra capensis. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ honey badger — short name (P1813): M. capensis. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): Honey badger. ARKive. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): Blaireau à miel. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): Ratel. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): Rattel. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): Honigdachs. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ honey badger — taxon common name (P1843): tasso del miele. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ honey badger — different from (P1889): Ratel IFV. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ honey badger — mass (P2067): 12 kg. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ honey badger — gestation period (P3063): 6 month. Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ honey badger — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 31.3 years. Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ honey badger — Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule (P7582): Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ honey badger — CITES Appendix (P7603): Appendix III of CITES. Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ honey badger is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Parent taxon → Mellivora

Original combination → Viverra capensis

Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+6'}

Taxon rank → species

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