Moonrat

species of mammal in the Erinaceidae family
Taxon taxon Q754046
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Moonrat

Summary

Moonrat is a taxon[1]. Moonrat ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #1,573 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Moonrat's image is recorded as Echinosorex gymnura Harvard.jpg[3].
  • Moonrat's image is recorded as Drawing of Echinosorex gymnura.jpg[4].
  • Moonrat's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Moonrat's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Moonrat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Moonrat's parent taxon is recorded as Echinosorex[8].
  • Moonrat's taxon range map image is recorded as Greater Moonrat area.png[9].
  • Moonrat's taxon name is recorded as Echinosorex gymnura[10].
  • Moonrat's Commons category is recorded as Echinosorex gymnura[11].
  • Moonrat's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 40603[12].
  • Moonrat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04y5h4n[13].
  • Moonrat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 162630[14].
  • Moonrat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633549[15].
  • Moonrat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178689[16].
  • Moonrat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437114[17].
  • Moonrat's MSW ID is recorded as 13600055[18].
  • Moonrat's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Moonrat's original combination is recorded as Viverra gymnura[20].
  • Moonrat's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/moonrat[21].
  • Moonrat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. gymnura'}[22].
  • Moonrat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Moonrat'}[23].
  • Moonrat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gymnure'}[24].
  • Moonrat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Moonrat'}[25].
  • Moonrat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Großer Rattenigel'}[26].
  • Moonrat's ARKive ID is recorded as echinosorex-gymnura[27].

Why It Matters

Moonrat ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month, #1,573 of 195,241).[2] Moonrat has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Moonrat is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. 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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