Orycteropus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q1975774
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Summary

Orycteropus is a taxon[1]. Orycteropus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orycteropus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Orycteropus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Orycteropus belongs to the parent taxon Orycteropodidae[5].
  • Orycteropus's scientific name is Orycteropus[6].
  • Orycteropus's Commons category is recorded as Orycteropus[7].

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Classification

Orycteropus's scientific name is Orycteropus[6]. Orycteropus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Orycteropus belongs to the parent taxon Orycteropodidae[5].

Identifiers

Orycteropus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47061[8]. Orycteropus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9817[9]. Orycteropus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14875[10]. Orycteropus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218415[11]. Orycteropus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584904[12].

Why It Matters

Orycteropus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (209 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2] Orycteropus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Orycteropus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Moebeus · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Frettie · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → ph1308226
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  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46353
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Orycteropodidae
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