Malagasy giant rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q912350
Malagasy giant rat
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Malagasy giant rat

Summary

Malagasy giant rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malagasy giant rat's image is recorded as Malagasy.giant.rat.arp.jpg[3].
  • Malagasy giant rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Malagasy giant rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[6].
  • Malagasy giant rat's parent taxon is recorded as Hypogeomys[7].
  • Malagasy giant rat's parent taxon is recorded as Nesomyinae[8].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon range map image is recorded as Hypogeomys antimena range map.svg[9].
  • Malagasy giant rat's endemic to is recorded as Madagascar[10].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon name is recorded as Hypogeomys antimena[11].
  • Malagasy giant rat's Commons category is recorded as Hypogeomys antimena[12].
  • Malagasy giant rat's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 10714[13].
  • Malagasy giant rat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qy4gr[14].
  • Malagasy giant rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 89379[15].
  • Malagasy giant rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632788[16].
  • Malagasy giant rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179566[17].
  • Malagasy giant rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438545[18].
  • Malagasy giant rat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hypogeomys antimena[19].
  • Malagasy giant rat's Commons gallery is recorded as Hypogeomys antimena[20].
  • Malagasy giant rat's MSW ID is recorded as 13000135[21].
  • Malagasy giant rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. antimena'}[22].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malagasy giant rat'}[23].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat'}[24].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malagasy Giant Rat'}[25].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Votsovotsa'}[26].
  • Malagasy giant rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Votsotsa'}[27].

Why It Matters

Malagasy giant rat ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month, #1,606 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. 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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