Talpidae

family of small insectivorous mammals
Taxon taxon Q104825
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Talpidae

Summary

Talpidae is a taxon[1]. Talpidae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (803 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Talpidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Talpidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Talpidae belongs to the parent taxon Eulipotyphla[5].
  • Talpidae's scientific name is Talpidae[6].
  • Talpidae is used for biological pest control[7].
  • Talpidae's Commons category is recorded as Talpidae[8].
  • Talpidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Talpidae[9].
  • Talpidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Moles (Talpidae)[10].
  • Talpidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Talpidae[11].
  • Talpidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • Talpidae's main food source is recorded as worm[13].
  • Talpidae's main food source is recorded as chrysalis[14].
  • Talpidae's main food source is recorded as caterpillar[15].
  • Talpidae's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • Talpidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Talpidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Talpidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Talpidae's this taxon is source of is recorded as Q118587591[20].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Maulwürfe'}[21].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Talpedoj'}[22].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'モグラ科'}[23].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ติ่ง'}[24].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ตุ่น'}[25].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Köstebekgiller'}[26].
  • Talpidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Кроти'}[27].

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Classification

Talpidae's scientific name is Talpidae[6]. Talpidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Talpidae is classified within Eulipotyphla[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Maulwürfe'}[21], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Talpedoj'}[22], {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'モグラ科'}[23], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ติ่ง'}[24], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ตุ่น'}[25], and {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Köstebekgiller'}[26].

Identifiers

Talpidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46927[28]. Talpidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9373[29]. Talpidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8715[30]. Talpidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9469[31]. Talpidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179962[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Talpidae include wormhole[33].

Why It Matters

Talpidae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (803 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2] Talpidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Talpidae is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Talpidae include wormhole[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . Schling- und Kletterpflanzen. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Main food source worm, chrysalis, caterpillar
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Talpidae, Category:Moles (Talpidae)
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