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Horton the Elephant

fictional elephant from Dr. Seuss stories
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Summary

Horton the Elephant is a fictional elephant[1]. They draws 835 Wikipedia views per month (fictional elephant category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Dr. Seuss[3]
  • Sex or gender: male organism[4]
  • Instance of: literary character[5]
  • Inception: 1940[6]
  • Given name: Horton[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Horton the Elephant[8]
  • Present in work: Horton Hatches the Egg[9], Horton Hears a Who![10], Seussical[11]
  • P14750: F020-D796-226B-452E-50A9[12]

Why It Matters

Horton the Elephant has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] They is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Dr. Seuss

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4d ago · Infovarius · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → fictional elephant from Dr. Seuss stories
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'id', 'it', 'tr']
    Topic has template → Template:Horton the Elephant
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Topic has template: Template:Horton the Elephant, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  2. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Given name → Horton
    Sex or gender → male organism
    Present in work → Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, Horton Hatches the Egg +3
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47158|batch #47158]]: HAND ID (11)"
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