Rattus

genus of rodents
Taxon taxon Q36396
Rattus
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Rattus

Summary

Rattus is a taxon[1]. Rattus ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,052 views/month, #1,273 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rattus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rattus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rattus belongs to the parent taxon Rattini[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Rattus is Rattus[6].
  • Rattus is a type of Rodentia[7].
  • Rattus's Commons category is recorded as Rattus[8].
  • Rattus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rattus[9].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia (1902–1905)[14].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[15].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Rat'}[19].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rat'}[20].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'Podgana'}[21].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Rata'}[22].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'podgana'}[23].
  • Rattus is commonly known as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'rata'}[24].
  • Rattus's different from is recorded as Szczur[25].
  • Rattus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • Rattus's taxon author citation is recorded as Fischer, 1803[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rattus is Rattus[6]. Rattus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rattus belongs to the parent taxon Rattini[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Rat'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rat'}[20], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'Podgana'}[21], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Rata'}[22], and {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'rata'}[24].

Identifiers

Rattus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44540[28]. Rattus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10114[29]. Rattus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42343[30]. Rattus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439223[31]. Rattus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180361[32].

Why It Matters

Rattus ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,052 views/month, #1,273 of 195,241).[2] Rattus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Rattus is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Described by source Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
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