Marco Polo sheep

Summary

Marco Polo sheep is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month, #1,514 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Marco Polo sheep's image is recorded as Marco polo sheep line drawing.jpg^[3].
• Marco Polo sheep's image is recorded as Marco Polo sheep pair by Fábio Olmos (cropped).jpg^[4].
• Marco Polo sheep's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Marco Polo sheep's taxon rank is recorded as subspecies^[6].
• Marco Polo is named after Marco Polo sheep^[7].
• Marco Polo sheep's parent taxon is recorded as Ovis ammon^[8].
• Marco Polo sheep's taxon name is recorded as Ovis ammon polii^[9].
• Marco Polo sheep's Commons category is recorded as Ovis ammon polii^[10].
• Marco Polo sheep's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c0pv_^[11].
• Marco Polo sheep's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 230172^[12].
• Marco Polo sheep's ITIS TSN is recorded as 898792^[13].
• Marco Polo sheep's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4447648^[14].
• Marco Polo sheep's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4262542^[15].
• Marco Polo sheep's MSW ID is recorded as 14200823^[16].
• Marco Polo sheep's original combination is recorded as Ovis polii^[17].
• Marco Polo sheep's UMLS CUI is recorded as C5726473^[18].
• Marco Polo sheep's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1096049^[19].
• Marco Polo sheep's EUNIS ID for species is recorded as 17267^[20].
• Marco Polo sheep's KBpedia ID is recorded as MarcoPoloSheep^[21].
• Marco Polo sheep's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 5K3W7^[22].
• Marco Polo sheep's CalPhotos taxon ID is recorded as Ovis+ammon+polii^[23].

Why It Matters

Marco Polo sheep ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month, #1,514 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]