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Mellivora

genus of mammals
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q13564654
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Summary

Mellivora is a monotypic taxon[1]. Mellivora ranks in the top 1% of monotypic taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,564 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Mellivorinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Mellivora[5]
  • Commons category: Mellivora[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Viverra ratel[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mellivora[8]
  • Taxon common name: ラーテル属[9], ฮันนี่แบดเจอร์[10]

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Identifiers

Mellivora's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41833[11]. Mellivora's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9663[12]. Mellivora's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42278[13]. Mellivora's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433694[14]. Mellivora's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621809[15].

Why It Matters

Mellivora has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Mellivora is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The Systematics and Taxonomy of the World's Badger Species – A Review. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . digitale-sammlungen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the Order Carnivora (Class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported parasites common to Man. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . The List of Standard Japanese Names of World Mammals. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Mellivora. Retrieved October 30, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/mellivora
MLA “Mellivora.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 30 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/mellivora.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_mellivora_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Mellivora}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/mellivora}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-30}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i48515
    Parent taxon → Mellivorinae
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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