West African black turtle

Summary

West African black turtle is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• West African black turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• West African black turtle is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• West African black turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened^[5].
• West African black turtle is classified within Pelusios^[6].
• West African black turtle's scientific name is Pelusios niger^[7].
• West African black turtle's Commons category is recorded as Pelusios niger^[8].
• West African black turtle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pelusios niger^[9].
• West African black turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Pelusios niger^[10].
• West African black turtle's short name is recorded as P. niger^[11].

Body

Classification

West African black turtle's scientific name is Pelusios niger^[7]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Pelusios^[6].

Identifiers

West African black turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40127^[12]. West African black turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 904220^[13]. West African black turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791173^[14]. West African black turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2442313^[15]. West African black turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551827^[16].

Why It Matters

West African black turtle ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (91 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]