Cervus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q644255
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Cervus

Summary

Cervus is a taxon[1]. Cervus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (485 views/month, #1,540 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cervus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Cervus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Cervus is classified within Cervini[5].
  • Cervus's scientific name is Cervus[6].
  • Cervus's Commons category is recorded as Cervus[7].
  • Cervus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cervus[8].
  • Cervus's taxon synonym is recorded as Sika[9].
  • Cervus's different from is recorded as Jelen[10].
  • Cervus's this zoological name is coordinate with is recorded as Cervus[11].
  • Cervus's taxon author citation is recorded as Linneaus, 1758[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Cervus is Cervus[6]. Cervus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Cervus belongs to the parent taxon Cervini[5].

Identifiers

Cervus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42205[13]. Cervus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9859[14]. Cervus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34545[15]. Cervus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440948[16]. Cervus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180694[17].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cervus include Jelenia Góra[18], a city with powiat rights in Poland[19], in Poland[20].

Why It Matters

Cervus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (485 views/month, #1,540 of 195,241).[2] Cervus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Cervus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for Cervus include Jelenia Góra[18], a city with powiat rights in Poland[19], in Poland[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . 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. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2250941
    Parent taxon Cervini
    Instance of taxon
    Temporal range start Q6495247
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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