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mountain weasel

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Taxon taxon Q434197
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mountain weasel

Summary

mountain weasel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • mountain weasel's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • mountain weasel is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • mountain weasel's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[5].
  • mountain weasel belongs to the parent taxon weasel[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, mountain weasel is Mustela altaica[7].
  • mountain weasel's Commons category is recorded as Mustela altaica[8].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Altai weasel'}[9].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Altai Weasel'}[10].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Weasel'}[11].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pale Weasel'}[12].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Altaiwiesel'}[13].
  • mountain weasel is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香鼬'}[14].
  • mountain weasel's habitat is recorded as shrubland[15].
  • mountain weasel's habitat is recorded as grassland[16].
  • mountain weasel's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule II (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[17].
  • mountain weasel's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix III of CITES[18].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, mountain weasel is Mustela altaica[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within weasel[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Altai weasel'}[9], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Weasel'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pale Weasel'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Altaiwiesel'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香鼬'}[14].

Identifiers

mountain weasel's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41811[19]. mountain weasel's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 92062[20]. mountain weasel's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311523[21]. mountain weasel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218963[22]. mountain weasel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621947[23].

Why It Matters

mountain weasel ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (317 views/month, #1,546 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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