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musk ox

species of bovid from the Arctic, known for its thick coat of hair and strong odor
Taxon taxon Q184004
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musk ox

Summary

musk ox is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,483 views/month, #566 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • musk ox's image is recorded as Ovibos moschatus qtl3.jpg[3].
  • musk ox's image is recorded as Ovibos moschatus.jpg[4].
  • musk ox's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • musk ox's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • musk ox's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • musk ox's parent taxon is recorded as Ovibos[8].
  • musk ox's taxon range map image is recorded as Muskox distribution combined.png[9].
  • musk ox's taxon name is recorded as Ovibos moschatus[10].
  • musk ox's GND ID is recorded as 4170573-7[11].
  • musk ox's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85089052[12].
  • musk ox's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11946840k[13].
  • musk ox's Commons category is recorded as Ovibos moschatus[14].
  • musk ox's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 35321[15].
  • musk ox's start time is recorded as -200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[16].
  • musk ox's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 29684[17].
  • musk ox's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ftcz[18].
  • musk ox's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37176[19].
  • musk ox's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180708[20].
  • musk ox's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328656[21].
  • musk ox's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20926[22].
  • musk ox's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 49513[23].
  • musk ox's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441108[24].
  • musk ox's Commons gallery is recorded as Ovibos moschatus[25].
  • musk ox's MSW ID is recorded as 14200813[26].
  • musk ox's main food source is recorded as Poaceae[27].

Why It Matters

musk ox ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,483 views/month, #566 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 46 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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . RAMEAU. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). 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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