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West African black turtle

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Taxon taxon Q944295
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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 (5 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West African black turtle's image is recorded as Pelusios niger by OpenCage.jpg[3].
  • West African black turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • West African black turtle's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • West African black turtle's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Near Threatened[6].
  • West African black turtle's parent taxon is recorded as Pelusios[7].
  • West African black turtle's taxon name is recorded as Pelusios niger[8].
  • West African black turtle's Commons category is recorded as Pelusios niger[9].
  • West African black turtle's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 163440[10].
  • West African black turtle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0jwz_y_[11].
  • West African black turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 904220[12].
  • West African black turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551827[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 topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pelusios niger[16].
  • West African black turtle's Commons gallery is recorded as Pelusios niger[17].
  • West African black turtle's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. niger'}[18].
  • West African black turtle's UMLS CUI is recorded as C3081328[19].
  • West African black turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40127[20].
  • West African black turtle's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 253649[21].
  • West African black turtle's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Pelusios_niger[22].
  • West African black turtle's IRMNG ID is recorded as 10476934[23].
  • West African black turtle's The Reptile Database ID is recorded as genus=Pelusios&species=niger[24].
  • West African black turtle's Observation.org taxon ID is recorded as 102065[25].
  • West African black turtle's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 996190[26].
  • West African black turtle's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 76FMD[27].

Why It Matters

West African black turtle ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 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] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 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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