Aepyornis

Summary

Aepyornis is a fossil taxon^[1]. Aepyornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Aepyornis's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Aepyornis is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Aepyornis belongs to the parent taxon elephant bird or aepyornithiformes^[5].
• Aepyornis is endemic to Madagascar^[6].
• Aepyornis's location of discovery is recorded as Madagascar^[7].
• Aepyornis's scientific name is Aepyornis^[8].
• Aepyornis's Commons category is recorded as Aepyornis^[9].
• Aepyornis ended on +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Aepyornis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Aepyornis^[11].
• Aepyornis's Commons gallery is recorded as Aepyornis^[12].
• Aepyornis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[13].
• Aepyornis's different from is recorded as elephant bird or aepyornithiformes^[14].
• Aepyornis's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+540'}^[15].
• Aepyornis's extinction date is recorded as +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Aepyornis is Aepyornis^[8]. Aepyornis is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Aepyornis belongs to the parent taxon elephant bird or aepyornithiformes^[5].

Distribution

Aepyornis is endemic to Madagascar^[6].

Identifiers

Aepyornis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 570882^[17]. Aepyornis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 748141^[18]. Aepyornis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4844154^[19].

Why It Matters

Aepyornis ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).^[2] Aepyornis has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Aepyornis is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]