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straight-tusked elephant

extinct species of Elephantidae
Taxon fossil_taxon Q1377999
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straight-tusked elephant

Summary

straight-tusked elephant is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • straight-tusked elephant's image is recorded as Elephas antiquus Rom (cropped).JPG[3].
  • straight-tusked elephant's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[4].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • straight-tusked elephant's parent taxon is recorded as Palaeoloxodon[6].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon range map image is recorded as Palaeoloxodon antiquus map.png[7].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon name is recorded as Palaeoloxodon antiquus[8].
  • straight-tusked elephant's Commons category is recorded as Palaeoloxodon antiquus[9].
  • straight-tusked elephant's start time is recorded as -400000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • straight-tusked elephant's end time is recorded as -30000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • straight-tusked elephant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dbgbb[12].
  • straight-tusked elephant's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 251093[13].
  • straight-tusked elephant's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4454710[14].
  • straight-tusked elephant's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 159798[15].
  • straight-tusked elephant's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5816434[16].
  • straight-tusked elephant's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. antiquus'}[17].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'europäischer Waldelefant'}[18].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'straight-tusked elephant'}[19].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'elefante europeu'}[20].
  • straight-tusked elephant's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'éléphant à défenses droites'}[21].
  • straight-tusked elephant's different from is recorded as Loxodonta cyclotis[22].
  • straight-tusked elephant's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+4.2'}[23].
  • straight-tusked elephant's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q191118', 'amount': '+15'}[24].
  • straight-tusked elephant's time period is recorded as Pleistocene[25].
  • straight-tusked elephant's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1472137[26].
  • straight-tusked elephant's TAXREF ID is recorded as 416719[27].

Why It Matters

straight-tusked elephant ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 23 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . TAXREF v9.0. 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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