Hirudo medicinalis
medicinal leech
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Summary
Hirudo medicinalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,326 views/month, #1,297 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
- Parent taxon: Hirudo[5]
- Taxon name: Hirudo medicinalis[6]
- Has use: leeching[7]
- Commons category: Hirudo medicinalis[8]
- Short name: H. medicinalis[9]
- Taxon common name: Medicinal leech[10], Sangsue comepollas[11], Sangsue Officinale[12], European Medicinal Leech[13], Medicinale bloedzuiger[14], 菲擬醫蛭[15], pijavka lékařská[16], sangsue médicinale[17], Medizinischer Blutegel[18], verijuotikas[19], blodigle[20], sanixuela[21]
- Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: endangered[22]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[23]
- CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[24]
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Identifiers
Hirudo medicinalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 357886[25]. Hirudo medicinalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6421[26]. Hirudo medicinalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 401376[27]. Hirudo medicinalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2308887[28]. Hirudo medicinalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 69417[29].
Why It Matters
Hirudo medicinalis has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]