eastern gorilla

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q307157
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eastern gorilla

Summary

eastern gorilla is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,817 views/month, #1,023 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • eastern gorilla's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • eastern gorilla is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • eastern gorilla's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • eastern gorilla belongs to the parent taxon Gorilla[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, eastern gorilla is Gorilla beringei[7].
  • eastern gorilla's Commons category is recorded as Gorilla beringei[8].
  • eastern gorilla's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'G. beringei'}[9].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern gorilla'}[10].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Gorilla Oriental'}[11].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Gorille de l'Est"}[12].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern Gorilla'}[13].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Östlicher Gorilla'}[14].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'goryl wschodni'}[15].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'gorila oriental'}[16].
  • eastern gorilla is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'vzhodna gorila'}[17].
  • eastern gorilla's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[18].

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Classification

eastern gorilla's scientific name is Gorilla beringei[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Gorilla[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eastern gorilla'}[10], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Gorilla Oriental'}[11], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Gorille de l'Est"}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Östlicher Gorilla'}[14], {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'goryl wschodni'}[15], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'gorila oriental'}[16].

Identifiers

eastern gorilla's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 68790[19]. eastern gorilla's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 499232[20]. eastern gorilla's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2923523[21]. eastern gorilla's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7262070[22]. eastern gorilla's ITIS TSN is recorded as 944295[23].

Why It Matters

eastern gorilla ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,817 views/month, #1,023 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). 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] . Über einen Gorilla aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Cites appendix Appendix I of CITES
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