Lycaon

Summary

Lycaon is a taxon^[1]. Lycaon ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,246 views/month, #1,275 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lycaon's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Lycaon is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Lycaon is named after Lycaon^[5].
• Lycaon belongs to the parent taxon Canidae^[6].
• Lycaon's scientific name is Lycaon^[7].
• Lycaon's Commons category is recorded as Lycaon (genus)^[8].
• Lycaon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lycaon (genus)^[9].
• Lycaon is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Licaone'}^[10].
• Lycaon is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リカオン属'}^[11].
• Lycaon is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Likaon'}^[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lycaon is Lycaon^[7]. Lycaon is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Lycaon is classified within Canidae^[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Licaone'}^[10], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'リカオン属'}^[11], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Likaon'}^[12].

Discovery and Description

Lycaon is named after Lycaon^[5].

Identifiers

Lycaon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42092^[13]. Lycaon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9621^[14]. Lycaon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 20198^[15]. Lycaon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434544^[16]. Lycaon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183832^[17].

Why It Matters

Lycaon ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,246 views/month, #1,275 of 195,241).^[2] Lycaon has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18]