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Short-tailed mongoose

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Taxon taxon Q947395
Short-tailed mongoose
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Short-tailed mongoose

Summary

Short-tailed mongoose is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Short-tailed mongoose's image is recorded as Herpestes brachyurus.jpg[3].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[6].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's parent taxon is recorded as Herpestes[7].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's taxon range map image is recorded as Short-tailed Mongoose area.png[8].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's taxon name is recorded as Herpestes brachyurus[9].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's Commons category is recorded as Herpestes brachyurus[10].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 41610[11].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g55vh[12].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 643831[13].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621891[14].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326800[15].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434300[16].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's MSW ID is recorded as 14000577[17].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. brachyurus'}[18].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-tailed Mongoose'}[19].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kurzschwanzmanguste'}[20].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2779993[21].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41896[22].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 511498[23].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Herpestes_brachyurus[24].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10223959[25].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's India Biodiversity Portal species ID is recorded as 238434[26].
  • Short-tailed mongoose's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule II (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[27].

Why It Matters

Short-tailed mongoose ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . India Biodiversity Portal. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . India Schedule Species Database. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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