Masai lion

subspecies of big cat
Taxon taxon Q2262382
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Masai lion

Summary

Masai lion is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Masai lion's image is recorded as Lion in masai mara.jpg[3].
  • Masai lion's image is recorded as Lions on rock-2.jpg[4].
  • Masai lion's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Masai lion's taxon rank is recorded as subspecies[6].
  • Masai lion's parent taxon is recorded as lion[7].
  • Masai lion's taxon name is recorded as Panthera leo massaica[8].
  • Masai lion's Commons category is recorded as Panthera leo melanochaita[9].
  • Masai lion's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bm9sv0[10].
  • Masai lion's ITIS TSN is recorded as 726451[11].
  • Masai lion's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219415[12].
  • Masai lion's MSW ID is recorded as 14000235[13].

Why It Matters

Masai lion ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month, #1,616 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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