Otocyon megalotis

species of fox native to the African savanna
Taxon taxon Q200400
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Otocyon megalotis

Summary

Otocyon megalotis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #1,178 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Otocyon megalotis's image is recorded as 187 Bat-eared fox in Otjozondjupa Region Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg[3].
  • Otocyon megalotis's image is recorded as Otocyon megalotis (Namibia).jpg[4].
  • Otocyon megalotis's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Otocyon megalotis's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • Otocyon megalotis's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Otocyon megalotis's parent taxon is recorded as Otocyon[8].
  • Otocyon megalotis's taxon range map image is recorded as Bat-eared Fox area.png[9].
  • Otocyon megalotis's taxon name is recorded as Otocyon megalotis[10].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Commons category is recorded as Otocyon megalotis[11].
  • Otocyon megalotis's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 15642[12].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023sxk[13].
  • Otocyon megalotis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9624[14].
  • Otocyon megalotis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183835[15].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328698[16].
  • Otocyon megalotis's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 1895[17].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 232959[18].
  • Otocyon megalotis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434349[19].
  • Otocyon megalotis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Otocyon megalotis[20].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Commons gallery is recorded as Otocyon megalotis[21].
  • Otocyon megalotis's MSW ID is recorded as 14000832[22].
  • Otocyon megalotis's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Otocyon megalotis's described by source is recorded as Mating tactics and paternity in a socially monogamous canid, the bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)[24].
  • Otocyon megalotis's original combination is recorded as Canis megalotis[25].
  • Otocyon megalotis's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/bat-eared-fox[26].
  • Otocyon megalotis's taxon synonym is recorded as Otocyon canescens[27].

Why It Matters

Otocyon megalotis ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #1,178 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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