Tachyglossus

genus of echidnas
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q12902259
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Tachyglossus

Summary

Tachyglossus is a monotypic taxon[1]. Tachyglossus ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tachyglossus's image is recorded as Wild shortbeak echidna.jpg[3].
  • Tachyglossus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[4].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Tachyglossus's parent taxon is recorded as Nuckles[6].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon name is recorded as Tachyglossus[7].
  • Tachyglossus's Commons category is recorded as Tachyglossus[8].
  • Tachyglossus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9260[9].
  • Tachyglossus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552381[10].
  • Tachyglossus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 39743[11].
  • Tachyglossus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433377[12].
  • Tachyglossus's MSW ID is recorded as 10300003[13].
  • Tachyglossus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as FFE80CA0-FE93-4EB9-BE51-FBC994851565[14].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-beaked Echidna'}[15].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Equidna'}[16].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハリモグラ属'}[17].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'Краткоклун клунест еж'}[18].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Mierenegel'}[19].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Ехидна'}[20].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Справжні єхидни'}[21].
  • Tachyglossus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '澳洲针鼹'}[22].
  • Tachyglossus's EPPO Code is recorded as 1TCHGG[23].
  • Tachyglossus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43238[24].
  • Tachyglossus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 3267[25].
  • Tachyglossus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1241253[26].
  • Tachyglossus's Australian Faunal Directory ID is recorded as Tachyglossus[27].

Why It Matters

Tachyglossus ranks in the top 4% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] Tachyglossus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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