Arctic hare

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q231625
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Summary

Arctic hare is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,051 views/month, #1,346 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Lepus (Lepus)[5]
  • Taxon name: Lepus arcticus[6]
  • Commons category: Lepus arcticus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lepus arcticus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Lepus arcticus[9]
  • Short name: L. arcticus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Arctic hare[11], Polarhase[12], Iepure arctic[13], polarhare[14], llebre ártica[15], Iepure polar[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[17]

Body

Identifiers

Arctic hare's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43126[18]. Arctic hare's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62618[19]. Arctic hare's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 988114[20]. Arctic hare's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436696[21]. Arctic hare's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552511[22].

Why It Matters

Arctic hare has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Romanian Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Interlingual index id → i47784
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