Mexican hornshark

species of shark (Heterodontus mexicanus)
Taxon taxon Q1444290
Mexican hornshark
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Mexican hornshark

Summary

Mexican hornshark is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mexican hornshark's image is recorded as Heterodontus mexicanus SI.jpg[3].
  • Mexican hornshark's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Mexican hornshark's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Mexican hornshark's parent taxon is recorded as Heterodontus[7].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon range map image is recorded as Heterodontus mexicanus distmap.png[8].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon name is recorded as Heterodontus mexicanus[9].
  • Mexican hornshark's Commons category is recorded as Heterodontus mexicanus[10].
  • Mexican hornshark's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 60235[11].
  • Mexican hornshark's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gw38y[12].
  • Mexican hornshark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1072509[13].
  • Mexican hornshark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159797[14].
  • Mexican hornshark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5215668[15].
  • Mexican hornshark's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 276697[16].
  • Mexican hornshark's FishBase species ID is recorded as 742[17].
  • Mexican hornshark's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 7BBE8B6D-F815-4448-B723-211ECA85118F[18].
  • Mexican hornshark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. mexicanus'}[19].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Dormilón Búfalo'}[20].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Perro'}[21].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tiburón Comudo'}[22].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tiburón Gato'}[23].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Requin Dormeur Buffle'}[24].
  • Mexican hornshark's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mexican Hornshark'}[25].
  • Mexican hornshark's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3382188[26].
  • Mexican hornshark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 102713[27].

Why It Matters

Mexican hornshark ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month, #1,619 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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