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sentinel species

organisms used to detect risks to humans by providing advance warning of a danger
Class type of: organism Q4764975

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
class of living thing
Subclass of
organism[2]
Model item
domestic canary[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en sentinel animals en animal sentinels en sentinel animal en sentinel species ar حيوان استشعار es Especie centinela fa گونه دیده‌بان ja 歩哨動物 th สปีชีส์เฝ้าระวัง vi Loài cảnh báo zh 前哨物種 zh 哨兵物种 zh-hans 煤矿里的金丝雀 zh-hant 煤礦里的金絲雀
🔖 Identifiers · 7
OpenAlex ID
C2777095139
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/15397
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/sentinel-species
Freebase ID
/m/02w8snm
MeSH descriptor ID
D000072739
MeSH tree code
B05.698
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2.9B (2.8B–2.9B, n=3)

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
organism
Model item 1
domestic canary
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Summary

sentinel species is a class of living thing[1].

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  1. 18w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Model item → domestic canary
    Instance of → class of living thing, organism
    "Changed claim: Instance of: organism"
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