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White-tailed rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q74648
White-tailed rat
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White-tailed rat

Summary

White-tailed rat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • White-tailed rat's image is recorded as BrachytarsomysAlbicaudataWolfSmit.jpg[3].
  • White-tailed rat's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • White-tailed rat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[6].
  • White-tailed rat's parent taxon is recorded as Mystromys[7].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon name is recorded as Mystromys albicaudatus[8].
  • White-tailed rat's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 14262[9].
  • White-tailed rat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04p9n3[10].
  • White-tailed rat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56239[11].
  • White-tailed rat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632756[12].
  • White-tailed rat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179534[13].
  • White-tailed rat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438522[14].
  • White-tailed rat's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mystromys albicaudatus[15].
  • White-tailed rat's MSW ID is recorded as 13000113[16].
  • White-tailed rat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. albicaudatus'}[17].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-tailed Mouse'}[18].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'White-tailed Rat'}[19].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African White-tailed Rat'}[20].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weißschwänziger Hamster'}[21].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Weißschwanzhamster'}[22].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Afrikanischer Hamster'}[23].
  • White-tailed rat's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Afrika-Hamster'}[24].
  • White-tailed rat's Xeno-canto species ID is recorded as Mystromys-albicaudatus[25].
  • White-tailed rat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45745[26].
  • White-tailed rat's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Mystromys_albicaudatus[27].

Why It Matters

White-tailed rat ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (45 views/month, #1,590 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 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] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 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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