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Cryptotis

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q1746975
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Summary

Cryptotis is a taxon[1]. Cryptotis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (145 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Blarinini[4]
  • Taxon name: Cryptotis[5]
  • Commons category: Cryptotis[6]
  • Temporal range start: Early Miocene[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cryptotis[8]

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Identifiers

Cryptotis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46810[9]. Cryptotis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 183660[10]. Cryptotis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15050[11]. Cryptotis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435817[12]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 179970[13] and 1094909[14].

Why It Matters

Cryptotis has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Cryptotis is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image commons → —
    Image license → —
    Itis tsn → 179970, 1094909
    Image artist → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 1094909, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 19w ago · Thiotrix · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Cryptotis mexicanus.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Cryptotis mexicanus.jpg"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Temporal range start → Early Miocene
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Blarinini
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007536083705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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