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West African shaggy rat

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Taxon taxon Q306530
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West African shaggy rat

Summary

West African shaggy rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West African shaggy rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon rank is recorded as species[4].
  • West African shaggy rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • West African shaggy rat's parent taxon is recorded as Dasymys[6].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon range map image is recorded as Dasymys Mullin et al 2004.png[7].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon name is recorded as Dasymys rufulus[8].
  • West African shaggy rat's Commons category is recorded as Dasymys rufulus[9].
  • West African shaggy rat's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 6272[10].
  • West African shaggy rat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vsfbk[11].
  • West African shaggy rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 121564[12].
  • West African shaggy rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 585218[13].
  • West African shaggy rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179066[14].
  • West African shaggy rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438419[15].
  • West African shaggy rat's MSW ID is recorded as 13001325[16].
  • West African shaggy rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. rufulus'}[17].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West African Shaggy Rat'}[18].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West African Dasymys'}[19].
  • West African shaggy rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Westafrikanische Sumpfratte'}[20].
  • West African shaggy rat's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Dasymys-rufulus[21].
  • West African shaggy rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45631[22].
  • West African shaggy rat's IRMNG ID is recorded as 11018580[23].
  • West African shaggy rat's Observation.org taxon ID is recorded as 81422[24].
  • West African shaggy rat's CAB ID is recorded as 126627[25].
  • West African shaggy rat's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 911466[26].
  • West African shaggy rat's Catalogue of Life ID is recorded as 3496W[27].

Why It Matters

West African shaggy rat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 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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