Tamias

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q22364
Tamias
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Tamias

Summary

Tamias is a taxon[1]. Tamias ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #1,549 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tamias's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tamias is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tamias belongs to the parent taxon ground squirrels[5].
  • Tamias's scientific name is Tamias[6].
  • Tamias's Commons category is recorded as Tamias[7].
  • Tamias's said to be the same as is recorded as chipmunk[8].
  • Tamias's Unicode character is recorded as 🐿[9].
  • Tamias's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tamias[10].
  • Tamias's Commons gallery is recorded as Tamias[11].
  • Tamias's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Tamias's has characteristic is recorded as hibernation[13].
  • Tamias is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chipmunk'}[14].
  • Tamias's this zoological name is coordinate with is recorded as Tamias[15].
  • Tamias's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[16].
  • Tamias's homonymous taxon is recorded as Tamias[17].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tamias is Tamias[6]. Tamias is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Tamias is classified within ground squirrels[5]. Tamias is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chipmunk'}[14].

Identifiers

Tamias's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 520586[18]. Tamias's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13712[19]. Tamias's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34417[20]. Tamias's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437422[21]. Tamias's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180188[22].

Why It Matters

Tamias ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #1,549 of 195,241).[2] Tamias has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Tamias is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [21] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . kidactivities.net. Retrieved . kidactivities.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Idaho Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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