Marsh mongoose

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q855597
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Marsh mongoose

Summary

Marsh mongoose is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month, #1,570 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Marsh mongoose's image is recorded as Marsh mongoose or water mongoose, Atilax paludinosus, at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (22548192738).jpg[3].
  • Marsh mongoose's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Marsh mongoose's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Marsh mongoose's parent taxon is recorded as Atilax[7].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon range map image is recorded as Atilax paludinosus range map.png[8].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon name is recorded as Atilax paludinosus[9].
  • Marsh mongoose's Commons category is recorded as Atilax paludinosus[10].
  • Marsh mongoose's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 41590[11].
  • Marsh mongoose's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/077f_k[12].
  • Marsh mongoose's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 210642[13].
  • Marsh mongoose's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621880[14].
  • Marsh mongoose's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1038688[15].
  • Marsh mongoose's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 232108[16].
  • Marsh mongoose's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434188[17].
  • Marsh mongoose's MSW ID is recorded as 14000479[18].
  • Marsh mongoose's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. paludinosus'}[19].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marsh mongoose'}[20].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mangouste des marais'}[21].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Marsh Mongoose'}[22].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water Mongoose'}[23].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sumpfichneumon'}[24].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sumpfmanguste'}[25].
  • Marsh mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wassermanguste'}[26].
  • Marsh mongoose's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+108.5'}[27].

Why It Matters

Marsh mongoose ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month, #1,570 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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