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kangaroo rat

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q120094
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kangaroo rat

Summary

kangaroo rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (511 views/month, #1,193 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • kangaroo rat's image is recorded as Kangaroo-rat.jpg[3].
  • kangaroo rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • kangaroo rat's parent taxon is recorded as Dipodomyinae[6].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon name is recorded as Dipodomys[7].
  • kangaroo rat's Commons category is recorded as Dipodomys[8].
  • kangaroo rat's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004173[9].
  • kangaroo rat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jthg[10].
  • kangaroo rat's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.649.313.992.510[11].
  • kangaroo rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10016[12].
  • kangaroo rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180232[13].
  • kangaroo rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14120[14].
  • kangaroo rat's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 41678[15].
  • kangaroo rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439509[16].
  • kangaroo rat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dipodomys[17].
  • kangaroo rat's MSW ID is recorded as 12700003[18].
  • kangaroo rat's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • kangaroo rat's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • kangaroo rat's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/kangaroo-rat[21].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tarbíkomyš'}[22].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kängururatten'}[23].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kangaroo rat'}[24].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Кенгуровая крыса'}[25].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Känguruspringmöss'}[26].
  • kangaroo rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Kanguru sıçanı'}[27].

Why It Matters

kangaroo rat ranks in the top 0.61% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (511 views/month, #1,193 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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