Indian star tortoise

Summary

Indian star tortoise is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month, #1,285 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Indian star tortoise's image is recorded as Indian star tortoise - Houston Zoo - cropped.jpg^[3].
• Indian star tortoise's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Indian star tortoise's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Indian star tortoise's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable^[6].
• Indian star tortoise's parent taxon is recorded as Geochelone^[7].
• Indian star tortoise's taxon name is recorded as Geochelone elegans^[8].
• Indian star tortoise's Commons category is recorded as Geochelone elegans^[9].
• Indian star tortoise's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 39430^[10].
• Indian star tortoise's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09chrb^[11].
• Indian star tortoise's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 180179^[12].
• Indian star tortoise's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551777^[13].
• Indian star tortoise's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 794301^[14].
• Indian star tortoise's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 373907^[15].
• Indian star tortoise's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441535^[16].
• Indian star tortoise's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Geochelone elegans^[17].
• Indian star tortoise's Commons gallery is recorded as Geochelone elegans^[18].
• Indian star tortoise's shape is recorded as gömböc^[19].
• Indian star tortoise's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'G. elegans'}^[20].
• Indian star tortoise's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indian Star Tortoise'}^[21].
• Indian star tortoise's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '印度星龜'}^[22].
• Indian star tortoise's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'żółw gwiaździsty'}^[23].
• Indian star tortoise's CITES Species+ ID is recorded as 9554^[24].
• Indian star tortoise's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0327128^[25].
• Indian star tortoise's TaiBNET ID is recorded as 417722^[26].
• Indian star tortoise's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40106^[27].

Why It Matters

Indian star tortoise ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (380 views/month, #1,285 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]