Indian crested porcupine

member of the Old World porcupines
Taxon taxon Q741524
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Indian crested porcupine

Summary

Indian crested porcupine is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month, #1,436 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indian crested porcupine's image is recorded as Hystrix indica (Indian Crested Porcupine) at IG Zoological park, Visakhapatnam 03.JPG[3].
  • Indian crested porcupine's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Indian crested porcupine's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Indian crested porcupine's parent taxon is recorded as Hystrix[7].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon range map image is recorded as Hystrix indica distribution map.png[8].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon name is recorded as Hystrix indica[9].
  • Indian crested porcupine's Commons category is recorded as Hystrix indica[10].
  • Indian crested porcupine's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 10751[11].
  • Indian crested porcupine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0829fx[12].
  • Indian crested porcupine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 192883[13].
  • Indian crested porcupine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584682[14].
  • Indian crested porcupine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326522[15].
  • Indian crested porcupine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219884[16].
  • Indian crested porcupine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hystrix indica[17].
  • Indian crested porcupine's Commons gallery is recorded as Hystrix indica[18].
  • Indian crested porcupine's MSW ID is recorded as 13400061[19].
  • Indian crested porcupine's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[20].
  • Indian crested porcupine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. indica'}[21].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian crested porcupine'}[22].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian Crested Porcupine'}[23].
  • Indian crested porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Indisches Weißschwanz-Stachelschwein'}[24].
  • Indian crested porcupine's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Hystrix-indica[25].
  • Indian crested porcupine's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1265497[26].
  • Indian crested porcupine's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44175[27].

Why It Matters

Indian crested porcupine ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (224 views/month, #1,436 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . WikiUMLS: Aligning UMLS to Wikipedia via Cross-lingual Neural Ranking. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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