kangaroo

common name for some marsupials indigenous to Australia in the family Macropodidae
Taxon organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name Q5070208
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kangaroo

Summary

kangaroo is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. kangaroo ranks in the top 4% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,599 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • kangaroo's instance of is recorded as organisms known by a particular common name[3].
  • kangaroo is endemic to Australian continent[4].
  • kangaroo is a type of Diprotodontia[5].
  • kangaroo's Commons category is recorded as Macropodidae[6].
  • kangaroo's Unicode character is recorded as 🦘[7].
  • kangaroo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kangaroos[8].
  • kangaroo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • kangaroo's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[10].
  • kangaroo's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[11].
  • kangaroo's different from is recorded as Macropus[12].
  • kangaroo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • kangaroo's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+1.5'}[14].
  • kangaroo's time in the pouch is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+7'}[15].
  • kangaroo's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Macropus[16].
  • kangaroo's taxon known by this common name is recorded as Macropodidae[17].

Body

Distribution

kangaroo is endemic to Australian continent[4].

Discovery and Description

Things named for kangaroo include Deliveroo[18], a business[19], in United Kingdom[20], founded in 2013[21], headquartered in London[22]; Mathematical Kangaroo[23], a mathematics competition[24], founded in 1991[25]; and Kangaroo River[26], a river[27], in Australia[28].

Why It Matters

kangaroo ranks in the top 4% of organisms_known_by_a_particular_common_name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,599 views/month).[2] kangaroo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] kangaroo is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for kangaroo include Deliveroo[18], a business[19], in United Kingdom[20], founded in 2013[21], headquartered in London[22]; Mathematical Kangaroo[23], a mathematics competition[24], founded in 1991[25]; and Kangaroo River[26], a river[27], in Australia[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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