Old World porcupine

Summary

Old World porcupine is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (912 views/month, #1,325 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Old World porcupine's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Old World porcupine is classified at the rank of family^[4].
• Old World porcupine belongs to the parent taxon Hystricognathi^[5].
• Old World porcupine's scientific name is Hystricidae^[6].
• Old World porcupine is a type of porcupine^[7].
• Old World porcupine's Commons category is recorded as Hystricidae^[8].
• Old World porcupine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hystricidae^[9].
• Old World porcupine's topic's main category is recorded as Q10202195^[10].
• Old World porcupine's Commons gallery is recorded as Hystricidae^[11].
• Old World porcupine's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature^[12].
• Old World porcupine's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[13].
• Old World porcupine's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste^[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Old World porcupine is Hystricidae^[6]. It is classified at the rank of family^[4]. It is classified within Hystricognathi^[5].

Identifiers

Old World porcupine's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44167^[15]. Old World porcupine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10135^[16]. Old World porcupine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8696^[17]. Old World porcupine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9705^[18]. Old World porcupine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584571^[19].

Why It Matters

Old World porcupine ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (912 views/month, #1,325 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]