wolverine

largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae
Taxon taxon Q14334
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wolverine

Summary

wolverine is a taxon[1]. wolverine ranks in the top 0.037% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,914 views/month, #73 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • wolverine's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • wolverine is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • wolverine's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • wolverine belongs to the parent taxon Gulo[6].
  • wolverine's scientific name is Gulo gulo[7].
  • wolverine's Commons category is recorded as Gulo gulo[8].
  • wolverine began on -2588000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • wolverine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gulo gulo[10].
  • wolverine's Commons gallery is recorded as Gulo gulo[11].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Eurasian Red Squirrel[12].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Mountain Hare[13].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Tamias[14].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Marmota[15].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Rangifer tarandus[16].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Sus scrofa[17].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as roe deer[18].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Lepus europaeus[19].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as European Rabbit[20].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as red deer[21].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Odocoileus virginianus[22].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as beaver[23].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Talpa europaea[24].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Soricidae[25].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Norway lemming[26].
  • wolverine's main food source is recorded as Geomyidae[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, wolverine is Gulo gulo[7]. wolverine is classified at the rank of species[4]. wolverine belongs to the parent taxon Gulo[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wolverine'}[28], {'lang': 'av', 'text': 'Рожамак'}[29], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Расамаха'}[30], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Росомаха'}[31], {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'Karkajou'}[32], and {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Golut'}[33].

Identifiers

wolverine's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 48420[34]. wolverine's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328585[35]. wolverine's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219073[36]. wolverine's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180551[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for wolverine include KTO Rosomak[38], a combat vehicle model[39]; Michigan Wolverines[40], a university and college sports club[41], in United States[42]; and Gulosaurus[43], a fossil taxon[44].

Why It Matters

wolverine ranks in the top 0.037% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,914 views/month, #73 of 195,241).[2] wolverine has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] wolverine is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for wolverine include KTO Rosomak[38], a combat vehicle model[39]; Michigan Wolverines[40], a university and college sports club[41], in United States[42]; and Gulosaurus[43], a fossil taxon[44].

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] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Longest observed lifespan {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+19.5'}
    Taxon rank species
    Original combination Mustela gulo
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