Marmota

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q131567
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Marmota

Summary

Marmota is a taxon[1]. Marmota ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,598 views/month, #275 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marmota's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Marmota is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Marmota is classified within ground squirrels[5].
  • Marmota's scientific name is Marmota[6].
  • Marmota's Commons category is recorded as Marmota[7].
  • Marmota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marmots[8].
  • Marmota's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Marmota[9].
  • Marmota's Commons gallery is recorded as Marmota[10].
  • Marmota's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Marmota's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Marmota's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[13].
  • Marmota's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Marmota's taxon synonym is recorded as Arctomys[15].
  • Marmota's this taxon is source of is recorded as marmot oil[16].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'svišť'}[17].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Murmeltiereu'}[18].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marmot'}[19].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Marmoto'}[20].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Murmeli'}[21].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Marmotte'}[22].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'Marmoto'}[23].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Marmotta'}[24].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Švilpikai'}[25].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Marmotten'}[26].
  • Marmota is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Murmeldyr'}[27].

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Classification

Marmota's scientific name is Marmota[6]. Marmota is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Marmota belongs to the parent taxon ground squirrels[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'svišť'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Murmeltiereu'}[18], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marmot'}[19], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Marmoto'}[20], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Murmeli'}[21], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Marmotte'}[22].

Identifiers

Marmota's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46078[28]. Marmota's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9992[29]. Marmota's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34620[30]. Marmota's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437364[31]. Marmota's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180136[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Marmota include Groundhog Day[33], a holiday[34], in United States[35] and Apache Marmotta[36], a triplestore[37], founded in 2013[38].

Why It Matters

Marmota ranks in the top 0.14% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,598 views/month, #275 of 195,241).[2] Marmota has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Marmota is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Marmota include Groundhog Day[33], a holiday[34], in United States[35] and Apache Marmotta[36], a triplestore[37], founded in 2013[38].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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