West Indian manatee

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q40261
West Indian manatee
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West Indian manatee

Summary

West Indian manatee is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,136 views/month, #1,046 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Indian manatee's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • West Indian manatee is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • West Indian manatee's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • West Indian manatee belongs to the parent taxon Trichechus[6].
  • West Indian manatee's scientific name is Trichechus manatus[7].
  • West Indian manatee's Commons category is recorded as Trichechus manatus[8].
  • West Indian manatee's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trichechus manatus[9].
  • West Indian manatee's Commons gallery is recorded as Trichechus manatus[10].
  • West Indian manatee's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[11].
  • West Indian manatee's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. manatus'}[12].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Indian manatee'}[13].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Manati'}[14].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lamantin'}[15].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Manatee'}[16].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Indian Manatee'}[17].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Caribbean Manatee'}[18].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Karibik-Manati'}[19].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Nagel-Manati'}[20].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'manatí caribeñu'}[21].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'karibski lamantin'}[22].
  • West Indian manatee is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'lamantino dei Caraibi'}[23].
  • West Indian manatee's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+13'}[24].
  • West Indian manatee's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[25].
  • West Indian manatee's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Trichechus_manatus[26].
  • West Indian manatee's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[27].

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Classification

West Indian manatee's scientific name is Trichechus manatus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Trichechus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Manati'}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Lamantin'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Manatee'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Caribbean Manatee'}[18], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Karibik-Manati'}[19].

Identifiers

West Indian manatee's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46316[28]. West Indian manatee's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9778[29]. West Indian manatee's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559222[30]. West Indian manatee's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435296[31]. West Indian manatee's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180684[32].

Why It Matters

West Indian manatee ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,136 views/month, #1,046 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.
  30. [27] . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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