Gliridae

family of mammals, the dormice
Taxon taxon Q108235
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Gliridae

Summary

Gliridae is a taxon[1]. Gliridae ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,695 views/month, #1,120 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gliridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gliridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • sleep is named after Gliridae[5].
  • Gliridae belongs to the parent taxon Sciuromorpha[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gliridae is Gliridae[7].
  • Gliridae's Commons category is recorded as Gliridae[8].
  • Gliridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dormice[9].
  • Gliridae's Commons gallery is recorded as Gliridae[10].
  • Gliridae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Gliridae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Gliridae's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Gliridae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Gliridae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Сънливци'}[16].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'plchovití'}[17].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Syvsovere'}[18].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bilche'}[19].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dormouse'}[20].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Gliro'}[21].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Lirón'}[22].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Unikeot'}[23].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'Gliro'}[24].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ヤマネ科'}[25].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'Miegapeliniai'}[26].
  • Gliridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Slaapmuizen'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gliridae is Gliridae[7]. Gliridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Gliridae belongs to the parent taxon Sciuromorpha[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Сънливци'}[16], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'plchovití'}[17], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Syvsovere'}[18], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bilche'}[19], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dormouse'}[20], and {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'Gliro'}[21].

Discovery and Description

sleep is named after Gliridae[5].

Identifiers

Gliridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71385[28]. Gliridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30650[29]. Gliridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47051528[30]. Gliridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240562[31]. Gliridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 951282[32].

Why It Matters

Gliridae ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,695 views/month, #1,120 of 195,241).[2] Gliridae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Gliridae is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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