Perentie

Summary

Perentie is a taxon^[1]. Perentie ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month, #1,316 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Perentie's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Perentie is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Perentie's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[5].
• Perentie belongs to the parent taxon Varanus^[6].
• Perentie is endemic to Australia^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Perentie is Varanus giganteus^[8].
• Perentie's Commons category is recorded as Varanus giganteus^[9].
• Perentie's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'V. giganteus'}^[10].
• Perentie is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Perentie'}^[11].
• Perentie's taxon author citation is recorded as (Gray, 1845)^[12].
• Perentie's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality^[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Perentie is Varanus giganteus^[8]. Perentie is classified at the rank of species^[4]. Perentie is classified within Varanus^[6]. Perentie is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Perentie'}^[11].

Distribution

Perentie is endemic to Australia^[7].

Identifiers

Perentie's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39453^[14]. Perentie's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62041^[15]. Perentie's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 790187^[16]. Perentie's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2470739^[17]. Perentie's ITIS TSN is recorded as 716513^[18].

Why It Matters

Perentie ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,088 views/month, #1,316 of 195,241).^[2] Perentie has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Perentie is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]