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Phacochoerus

genus of wild pigs
Taxon taxon Q3645260
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Summary

Phacochoerus is a taxon[1]. Phacochoerus ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,452 views/month, #918 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Phacochoerini[4]
  • Taxon name: Phacochoerus[5]
  • Commons category: Phacochoerus[6]
  • Taxonomic type: Aper aethiopicus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phacochoerus[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
  • Taxon synonym: Aper Pallas, 1766[10]

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Identifiers

Phacochoerus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42121[11]. Phacochoerus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41425[12]. Phacochoerus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42320[13]. Phacochoerus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441210[14]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 624936[15] and 898115[16].

Why It Matters

Phacochoerus has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Phacochoerus is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Opinion 466 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Phacochoerus Cuvier (F.), 1826, as the generic name for the Wart Hog (class Mammalia). wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 624936, 898115
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'avk', 'ban', 'bcl', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cv', 'de', 'el', '
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i48209
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02399622-n
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  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Mondragon
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Aper aethiopicus
    Parent taxon → Phacochoerini
    Topic's main category → Category:Phacochoerus
    Taxon synonym → Aper Pallas, 1766
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538714205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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