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Hystrix

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q650703
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Hystrix

Summary

Hystrix is a taxon[1]. Hystrix ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month, #1,561 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hystrix's image is recorded as Henry Vilas Zoo IMG 2385.jpg[3].
  • Hystrix's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Hystrix's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Hystrix's parent taxon is recorded as Old World porcupine[6].
  • Hystrix's taxon name is recorded as Hystrix[7].
  • Hystrix's Commons category is recorded as Hystrix[8].
  • Hystrix's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08bbpz[9].
  • Hystrix's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10136[10].
  • Hystrix's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584606[11].
  • Hystrix's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47051941[12].
  • Hystrix's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 42010[13].
  • Hystrix's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2311276[14].
  • Hystrix's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hystrix (mammal)[15].
  • Hystrix's Commons gallery is recorded as Hystrix[16].
  • Hystrix's MSW ID is recorded as 13400046[17].
  • Hystrix's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(3)[18].
  • Hystrix's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 3CEE4401-8A8E-41F5-AD64-3055FB3F4064[19].
  • Hystrix's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '猬草属'}[20].
  • Hystrix's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '猬草属'}[21].
  • Hystrix's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'ježevec'}[22].
  • Hystrix's Fauna Europaea ID is recorded as 305553[23].
  • Hystrix's Plazi ID is recorded as A5CCDF6F-5E18-835C-FAD5-5F1815720F87[24].
  • Hystrix's EPPO Code is recorded as 1HYSXG[25].
  • Hystrix's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44168[26].
  • Hystrix's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0000376781[27].

Why It Matters

Hystrix ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month, #1,561 of 195,241).[2] Hystrix has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Hystrix is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 9(3). wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Checklist of tracheophyte in Heilongjiang Province. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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