Sumatran orangutan

species of orangutan
Taxon taxon Q543424
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Sumatran orangutan

Summary

Sumatran orangutan is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,705 views/month, #924 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sumatran orangutan's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sumatran orangutan's instance of is recorded as endemic species[4].
  • Sumatran orangutan is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Clarke Abel is named after Sumatran orangutan[6].
  • Sumatran orangutan's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[7].
  • Sumatran orangutan is classified within Orangutan[8].
  • Sumatran orangutan is endemic to Sumatra[9].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sumatran orangutan is Pongo abelii[10].
  • Sumatran orangutan's Commons category is recorded as Pongo abelii[11].
  • Sumatran orangutan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pongo abelii[12].
  • Sumatran orangutan's Commons gallery is recorded as Pongo abelii[13].
  • Sumatran orangutan's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. abelii'}[14].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sumatran orangutan'}[15].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Orangután de Sumatra'}[16].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Orang-outan de Sumatra'}[17].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sumatran Orangutan'}[18].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sumatra-Orang-Utan'}[19].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'orangután de sumatra'}[20].
  • Sumatran orangutan is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sumatrski orangutan'}[21].
  • Sumatran orangutan's sequenced genome URL is recorded as http://www.ensembl.org/Pongo_abelii[22].
  • Sumatran orangutan's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[23].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sumatran orangutan is Pongo abelii[10]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Orangutan[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Orangután de Sumatra'}[16], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Orang-outan de Sumatra'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Sumatra-Orang-Utan'}[19], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'orangután de sumatra'}[20], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'sumatrski orangutan'}[21].

Discovery and Description

Clarke Abel is named after Sumatran orangutan[6].

Distribution

Sumatran orangutan is endemic to Sumatra[9].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 67982[24] and 569678[25]. Sumatran orangutan's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9601[26]. Sumatran orangutan's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2925671[27]. Sumatran orangutan's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5707420[28]. Sumatran orangutan's ITIS TSN is recorded as 944294[29].

Why It Matters

Sumatran orangutan ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,705 views/month, #924 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] . wikidata.org.
  26. [22] . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  27. [23] . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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