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Macroscelidea

order of mammals
Taxon taxon Q129513
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Macroscelidea

Summary

Macroscelidea is a taxon[1]. Macroscelidea ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Macroscelidea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Macroscelidea is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Macroscelidea belongs to the parent taxon Placentalia[5].
  • Macroscelidea is classified within mammal[6].
  • Macroscelidea belongs to the parent taxon Afroinsectiphilia[7].
  • Macroscelidea's scientific name is Macroscelidea[8].
  • Macroscelidea's Commons category is recorded as Macroscelidea[9].
  • Macroscelidea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elephant shrews[10].
  • Macroscelidea's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Macroscelidea's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Macroscelidea's topic has template is recorded as Q22841114[13].
  • Macroscelidea's topic has template is recorded as Template:Macroscelidea[14].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '象鼩目'}[15].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Слонски земеровки'}[16].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elephant-shrews'}[17].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Musarañas elefante'}[18].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Elefántcickány-alakúak'}[19].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハネジネズミ目'}[20].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Musaranho-elefante'}[21].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Springnäbbmöss'}[22].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เซงกิ'}[23].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เซงกิส'}[24].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'หนูผีช้าง'}[25].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Слонові землерийки'}[26].
  • Macroscelidea is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'springspissmus'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Macroscelidea is Macroscelidea[8]. Macroscelidea is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Placentalia[5], mammal[6], and Afroinsectiphilia[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '象鼩目'}[15], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Слонски земеровки'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elephant-shrews'}[17], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Musarañas elefante'}[18], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Elefántcickány-alakúak'}[19], and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ハネジネズミ目'}[20].

Identifiers

Macroscelidea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43208[28]. Macroscelidea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28734[29]. Macroscelidea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1684[30]. Macroscelidea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1453[31]. Macroscelidea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584892[32].

Why It Matters

Macroscelidea ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2] Macroscelidea has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Macroscelidea is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category → Category:Elephant shrews
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    Described by source → Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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