Merriam's ground squirrel

Summary

Merriam's ground squirrel is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Merriam's ground squirrel's image is recorded as Urocitellus canus.jpg^[3].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's parent taxon is recorded as Urocitellus^[7].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's taxon name is recorded as Urocitellus canus^[8].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's Commons category is recorded as Urocitellus canus^[9].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 42465^[10].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wbnm9^[11].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1858674^[12].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 930317^[13].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7548484^[14].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Spermophilus canus^[15].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Merriam's Ground Squirrel"}^[16].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Merriam-Ziesel'}^[17].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3670945^[18].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 179997^[19].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality^[20].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's Idaho Species ID is recorded as 16552^[21].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's NatureServe Explorer ID is recorded as 2.101708^[22].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 7DTRK^[23].
• Merriam's ground squirrel's ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID is recorded as 1001789^[24].

Why It Matters

Merriam's ground squirrel ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]