Orangutan

genus of ape found in rainforests on the Southeast Asian islands of Sumatra and Borneo
Taxon taxon Q41050
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Orangutan

Summary

Orangutan is a taxon[1]. Orangutan ranks in the top 0.042% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,943 views/month, #81 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orangutan's image is recorded as Bornean, Sumatran & Tapanuli orangs (horizontal).jpg[3].
  • Orangutan's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Orangutan's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Orangutan's parent taxon is recorded as Pongini[6].
  • Orangutan's taxon range map image is recorded as Pongo distribution.svg[7].
  • Orangutan's taxon name is recorded as Pongo[8].
  • Orangutan's GND ID is recorded as 4172700-9[9].
  • Orangutan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh90005452[10].
  • Orangutan's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 161778355[11].
  • Orangutan's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00568917[12].
  • Orangutan's Commons category is recorded as Pongo[13].
  • Orangutan's taxonomic type is recorded as Pongo borneo[14].
  • Orangutan's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Orang-Utan.ogg[15].
  • Orangutan's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D057079[16].
  • Orangutan's Unicode character is recorded as 🦧[17].
  • Orangutan's has part is recorded as Bornean orangutan[18].
  • Orangutan's has part is recorded as Sumatran orangutan[19].
  • Orangutan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05m4m[20].
  • Orangutan's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400.635[21].
  • Orangutan's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9599[22].
  • Orangutan's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1002006[23].
  • Orangutan's ITIS TSN is recorded as 572839[24].
  • Orangutan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42005[25].
  • Orangutan's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 32343[26].
  • Orangutan's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 40897[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Orangutan include Sokolsky Opening[28], a chess opening[29].

Why It Matters

Orangutan ranks in the top 0.042% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,943 views/month, #81 of 195,241).[2] Orangutan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Orangutan is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Orangutan include Sokolsky Opening[28], a chess opening[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Epilogue: A personal account of the origins of a new paradigm. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iucnredlist.org. iucnredlist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . digitale-sammlungen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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