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Thick-spined porcupine

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1763804
Thick-spined porcupine
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Thick-spined porcupine

Summary

Thick-spined porcupine is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thick-spined porcupine's image is recorded as HystrixCrassispinisBerjeau.jpg[3].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's parent taxon is recorded as Thecurus[7].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon range map image is recorded as Hystrix crassispinis distribution map.png[8].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon name is recorded as Hystrix crassispinis[9].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's Commons category is recorded as Hystrix crassispinis[10].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 10750[11].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02wb95k[12].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1936104[13].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584685[14].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 981947[15].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219883[16].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's MSW ID is recorded as 13400059[17].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. crassispinis'}[18].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thick-spined Porcupine'}[19].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bornean Porcupine'}[20].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Borneo-Stachelschwein'}[21].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Hystrix-crassispinis[22].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44169[23].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11270458[24].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's CAB ID is recorded as 186269[25].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3609877[26].
  • Thick-spined porcupine's MyBIS species ID is recorded as 20097[27].

Why It Matters

Thick-spined porcupine ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #1,605 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 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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