Nile crocodile

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q168745
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Nile crocodile

Summary

Nile crocodile is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,683 views/month, #226 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nile crocodile's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Nile crocodile is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Nile crocodile's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Nile crocodile belongs to the parent taxon Crocodylus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Nile crocodile is Crocodylus niloticus[7].
  • Nile crocodile's Commons category is recorded as Crocodylus niloticus[8].
  • Nile crocodile began on -2500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Nile crocodile's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crocodylus niloticus[10].
  • Nile crocodile's Commons gallery is recorded as Crocodylus niloticus[11].
  • Nile crocodile's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[12].
  • Nile crocodile's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. niloticus'}[13].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nile crocodile'}[14].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nile Crocodile'}[15].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'krokodyl nilowy'}[16].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'crocodilu del nilu'}[17].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nilkrokodil'}[18].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Нильский крокодил'}[19].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'nilski krokodil'}[20].
  • Nile crocodile is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'cocodrilo del Nilo'}[21].
  • Nile crocodile's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01697457-n[22].
  • Nile crocodile's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[23].
  • Nile crocodile's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[24].
  • Nile crocodile's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[25].

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Classification

Nile crocodile's scientific name is Crocodylus niloticus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Crocodylus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'krokodyl nilowy'}[16], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'crocodilu del nilu'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nilkrokodil'}[18], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Нильский крокодил'}[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'nilski krokodil'}[20].

Identifiers

Nile crocodile's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 341972[26]. Nile crocodile's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8501[27]. Nile crocodile's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 795278[28]. Nile crocodile's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441341[29]. Nile crocodile's ITIS TSN is recorded as 202200[30].

Why It Matters

Nile crocodile ranks in the top 0.12% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,683 views/month, #226 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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