Mexican redknee tarantula

species of terrestrial tarantula native to Mexico
Taxon taxon Q300963
Mexican redknee tarantula
Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Mexican redknee tarantula

Summary

Mexican redknee tarantula is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month, #1,491 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mexican redknee tarantula's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is classified within Brachypelma[6].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is endemic to Mexico[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Mexican redknee tarantula is Brachypelma smithi[8].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's Commons category is recorded as Brachypelma smithi[9].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brachypelma smithi[10].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's Commons gallery is recorded as Brachypelma smithi[11].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. smithis'}[12].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mexican redknee tarantula'}[13].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mexican Red Knee Tarantula'}[14].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Red-kneed Tarantula'}[15].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's different from is recorded as Brachypelma hamorii[16].
  • Mexican redknee tarantula's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mexican redknee tarantula is Brachypelma smithi[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Brachypelma[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mexican Red Knee Tarantula'}[14], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Red-kneed Tarantula'}[15].

Distribution

Mexican redknee tarantula is endemic to Mexico[7].

Identifiers

Mexican redknee tarantula's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68728[18]. Mexican redknee tarantula's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 54074[19]. Mexican redknee tarantula's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1181785[20]. Mexican redknee tarantula's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2153432[21]. Mexican redknee tarantula's ITIS TSN is recorded as 852996[22].

Why It Matters

Mexican redknee tarantula ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month, #1,491 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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