Lucanus cervus

species of beetle
Taxon taxon Q190491
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Summary

Lucanus cervus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,134 views/month, #1,425 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: insect of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Lucanus[6]
  • Taxon name: Lucanus cervus[7]
  • Commons category: Lucanus cervus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lucanus cervus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Lucanus cervus[10]
  • Original combination: Scarabaeus cervus[11]
  • Short name: L. cervus[12]
  • Taxon common name: Stag beetle[13], Hirschkäfer[14], Eghjort[15], roháč obecný[16], groot vliegend hert[17], lucane cerf-volant[18], eikehjort[19], vacalloria[20], valloria[21], vacallorina[22], rei moru[23], güe de les vacallories[24], buelloru[25], buemoru[26]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[27]

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Identifiers

Lucanus cervus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 61749[28]. Lucanus cervus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41109[29]. Lucanus cervus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2866038[30]. Lucanus cervus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5743122[31].

Why It Matters

Lucanus cervus has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

FAQs

What awards did Lucanus cervus receive?

Honors received include insect of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . senckenberg.de. Retrieved . senckenberg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved . artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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