Northern brown bandicoot

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q194272
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Summary

Northern brown bandicoot is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month, #1,601 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: short-nosed bandicoot[5]
  • Taxon name: Isoodon macrourus[6]
  • Commons category: Isoodon macrourus[7]
  • Original combination: Perameles macroura[8]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[9]
  • Short name: I. macrourus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Péramèle À Grosse Queue[11], Northern Brown Bandicoot[12], Großer Kurznasenbeutler[13], bandicut pardu nortiegu[14]
  • Gestation period: 12 day[15]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 6.8 years[16]
  • Taxon author citation: (Gould, 1842)[17]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[18]

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Identifiers

Northern brown bandicoot's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43301[19]. Northern brown bandicoot's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37698[20]. Northern brown bandicoot's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 323866[21]. Northern brown bandicoot's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435304[22]. Northern brown bandicoot's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552657[23].

Why It Matters

Northern brown bandicoot has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . 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] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Gestation period and birth in the marsupial Isoodon macrourus. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . 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. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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