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Malagasy civet

euplerid endemic to Madagascar
Taxon taxon Q525088
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Malagasy civet

Summary

Malagasy civet is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month, #1,470 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malagasy civet's image is recorded as Striped Civet - Fossa fossana - Madagascar.jpg[3].
  • Malagasy civet's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Malagasy civet's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[6].
  • Malagasy civet's parent taxon is recorded as Fossa[7].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon range map image is recorded as Fossa fossana range.png[8].
  • Malagasy civet's endemic to is recorded as Madagascar[9].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon name is recorded as Fossa fossana[10].
  • Malagasy civet's Commons category is recorded as Fossa fossana[11].
  • Malagasy civet's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 8668[12].
  • Malagasy civet's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09hpjd[13].
  • Malagasy civet's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 143320[14].
  • Malagasy civet's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621975[15].
  • Malagasy civet's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 347437[16].
  • Malagasy civet's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 232012[17].
  • Malagasy civet's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433529[18].
  • Malagasy civet's MSW ID is recorded as 14000452[19].
  • Malagasy civet's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Malagasy civet's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Malagasy-civet[21].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon synonym is recorded as Viverra fossa[22].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon synonym is recorded as Fossa daubentonii[23].
  • Malagasy civet's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'F. fossana'}[24].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Striped civet'}[25].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Cibeta de Madagascar'}[26].
  • Malagasy civet's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Civette Fossane'}[27].

Why It Matters

Malagasy civet ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (191 views/month, #1,470 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Madagascar

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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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