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West African Lungfish

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West African Lungfish

Summary

West African Lungfish is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month, #1,505 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West African Lungfish's image is recorded as Gőtehal-2.jpg[3].
  • West African Lungfish's image is recorded as Protopterus annectens Natural History Museum University of Pisa.jpg[4].
  • West African Lungfish's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • West African Lungfish's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • West African Lungfish's parent taxon is recorded as Protopterus[8].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon name is recorded as Protopterus annectens[9].
  • West African Lungfish's Commons category is recorded as Protopterus annectens[10].
  • West African Lungfish's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 169408[11].
  • West African Lungfish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0by0_nf[12].
  • West African Lungfish's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7888[13].
  • West African Lungfish's ITIS TSN is recorded as 649769[14].
  • West African Lungfish's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 213428[15].
  • West African Lungfish's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 16184[16].
  • West African Lungfish's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 321124[17].
  • West African Lungfish's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441257[18].
  • West African Lungfish's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1021564[19].
  • West African Lungfish's FishBase species ID is recorded as 2384[20].
  • West African Lungfish's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Lungfish'}[22].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lungfish'}[23].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mudfish'}[24].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tana Lungfish'}[25].
  • West African Lungfish's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West African Lungfish'}[26].
  • West African Lungfish's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0998814[27].

Why It Matters

West African Lungfish ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month, #1,505 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . FishBase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . 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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