Melogale

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q1366503
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Melogale

Summary

Melogale is a taxon[1]. Melogale ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (580 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melogale's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melogale is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Melogale belongs to the parent taxon Helictidinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Melogale is Melogale[6].
  • Melogale's Commons category is recorded as Melogale[7].
  • Melogale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melogale[8].
  • Melogale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ferret-badger'}[9].
  • Melogale is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'หมาหริ่ง'}[10].
  • Melogale is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'หมาหรึ่ง'}[11].
  • Melogale is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Güneş porsukları'}[12].
  • Melogale is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sončni jazbec'}[13].
  • Melogale's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melogale is Melogale[6]. Melogale is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Melogale belongs to the parent taxon Helictidinae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ferret-badger'}[9], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'หมาหริ่ง'}[10], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'หมาหรึ่ง'}[11], {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Güneş porsukları'}[12], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sončni jazbec'}[13].

Identifiers

Melogale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41835[15]. Melogale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 204266[16]. Melogale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14115[17]. Melogale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433631[18]. Melogale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621807[19].

Why It Matters

Melogale ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (580 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2] Melogale has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Melogale is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The Systematics and Taxonomy of the World's Badger Species – A Review. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · ~2026-45642-84 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 10d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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