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Indian elephant

subspecies of Asian elephant
Taxon taxon Q591305
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Summary

Indian elephant is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,835 views/month, #969 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: subspecies[3]
  • Parent taxon: Asian elephant[4]
  • Taxon name: Elephas maximus indicus[5]
  • Subclass of: Asian elephant[6]
  • Commons category: Elephas maximus indicus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elephas maximus indicus[8]

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Identifiers

Indian elephant's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 465033[9]. Indian elephant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 99487[10]. Indian elephant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1285512[11]. Indian elephant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219462[12]. Indian elephant's ITIS TSN is recorded as 727608[13].

Why It Matters

Indian elephant has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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