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Petromus

genus of mammals
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q10804847
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Petromus

Summary

Petromus is a monotypic taxon[1]. Petromus ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Petromus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[3].
  • Petromus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Petromus is classified within Petromuridae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Petromus is Petromus[6].
  • Petromus's Commons category is recorded as Petromus typicus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Petromus is Dassie rat[8].
  • Petromus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petromus typicus[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Petromus is Petromus[6]. Petromus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Petromus belongs to the parent taxon Petromuridae[5]. The taxonomic type of Petromus is Dassie rat[8].

Identifiers

Petromus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45931[10]. Petromus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10182[11]. Petromus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 41995[12]. Petromus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437613[13]. Petromus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584608[14].

Why It Matters

Petromus ranks in the top 5% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Geyslein · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Petromuridae
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Dassie Rat, crop.jpg, Setting preferred rank for image via Como"
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