Rufous elephant shrew

Summary

Rufous elephant shrew is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rufous elephant shrew's image is recorded as Elephantulus rufescens Peters 1878.jpg^[3].
• Rufous elephant shrew's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Rufous elephant shrew's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• Rufous elephant shrew's parent taxon is recorded as Elephantulus^[7].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon range map image is recorded as Rufous Elephant Shrew area.png^[8].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon name is recorded as Elephantulus rufescens^[9].
• Rufous elephant shrew's Commons category is recorded as Galegeeska rufescens^[10].
• Rufous elephant shrew's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 42664^[11].
• Rufous elephant shrew's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wb1_x^[12].
• Rufous elephant shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42151^[13].
• Rufous elephant shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584920^[14].
• Rufous elephant shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326393^[15].
• Rufous elephant shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440848^[16].
• Rufous elephant shrew's MSW ID is recorded as 11200014^[17].
• Rufous elephant shrew's original combination is recorded as Macroscelides rufescens^[18].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rufous elephant-shrew'}^[19].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rufous Elephant-shrew'}^[20].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rufous Sengi'}^[21].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Rufous Elephant Shrew'}^[22].
• Rufous elephant shrew's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rote Elefantenspitzmaus'}^[23].
• Rufous elephant shrew's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+10.6'}^[24].
• Rufous elephant shrew's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+58'}^[25].
• Rufous elephant shrew's ARKive ID is recorded as elephantulus-rufescens^[26].
• Rufous elephant shrew's ARKive ID is recorded as rufous-elephant-shrew/elephantulus-rufescens^[27].

Why It Matters

Rufous elephant shrew ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]