Moschus

Summary

Moschus is a taxon^[1]. Moschus ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,764 views/month, #1,045 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Moschus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Moschus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Moschus is classified within Moschinae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Moschus is Moschus^[6].
• Moschus's Commons category is recorded as Moschus^[7].
• Moschus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Moschus^[8].
• Moschus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[9].
• Moschus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[10].
• Moschus's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[11].
• Moschus's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[12].
• Moschus's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES^[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Moschus is Moschus^[6]. Moschus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Moschus belongs to the parent taxon Moschinae^[5].

Identifiers

Moschus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42141^[14]. Moschus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68410^[15]. Moschus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39388^[16]. Moschus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440987^[17]. Moschus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624950^[18].

Why It Matters

Moschus ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,764 views/month, #1,045 of 195,241).^[2] Moschus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Moschus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]