Southern African hedgehog

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1416175
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Southern African hedgehog

Summary

Southern African hedgehog is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,593 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern African hedgehog's image is recorded as Hedgehogright.jpg[3].
  • Southern African hedgehog's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Southern African hedgehog's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Southern African hedgehog's parent taxon is recorded as Atelerix[7].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon range map image is recorded as Southern African Hedgehog area.png[8].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon name is recorded as Atelerix frontalis[9].
  • Southern African hedgehog's Commons category is recorded as Atelerix frontalis[10].
  • Southern African hedgehog's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 2274[11].
  • Southern African hedgehog's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wbt7k[12].
  • Southern African hedgehog's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1506268[13].
  • Southern African hedgehog's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633536[14].
  • Southern African hedgehog's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178679[15].
  • Southern African hedgehog's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437132[16].
  • Southern African hedgehog's MSW ID is recorded as 13600010[17].
  • Southern African hedgehog's original combination is recorded as Erinaceus frontalis[18].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern African Hedgehog'}[19].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'South African Hedgehog'}[20].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kap-Igel'}[21].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Kapigel'}[22].
  • Southern African hedgehog's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'eteläafrikansiili'}[23].
  • Southern African hedgehog's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Atelerix-frontalis[24].
  • Southern African hedgehog's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43056[25].
  • Southern African hedgehog's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Atelerix_frontalis[26].
  • Southern African hedgehog's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11000225[27].

Why It Matters

Southern African hedgehog ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month, #1,593 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 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] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . 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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