Western long-beaked echidna

species of echidna
Taxon taxon Q635949
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Western long-beaked echidna

Summary

Western long-beaked echidna is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month, #1,487 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Western long-beaked echidna's image is recorded as Long-beakedEchidna.jpg[3].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[6].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's parent taxon is recorded as Zaglossus[7].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon range map image is recorded as Western Long-beaked Echidna area.png[8].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon name is recorded as Zaglossus bruijnii[9].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's Commons category is recorded as Zaglossus bruijni[10].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 23179[11].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/096jqb[12].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 33543[13].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552523[14].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 323860[15].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 233707[16].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433391[17].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's MSW ID is recorded as 10300017[18].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's original combination is recorded as Tachyglossus bruijnii[19].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/long-beaked-echidna-monotreme-Zaglossus-bruijnii[20].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Acanthoglossus goodfellowi[21].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Zaglossus bruijni gularis[22].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Proechidna nigroaculeata[23].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Zaglossus bruijni pallidus[24].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Bruynia tridactyla[25].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's taxon synonym is recorded as Proechidna villosissima[26].
  • Western long-beaked echidna's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Z. bruijnii'}[27].

Why It Matters

Western long-beaked echidna ranks in the top 0.76% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month, #1,487 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 39 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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . 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] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. 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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