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Malabar Spiny Dormouse

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Malabar Spiny Dormouse

Summary

Malabar Spiny Dormouse is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is classified within Platacanthomys[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Malabar Spiny Dormouse is Platacanthomys lasiurus[7].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse's Commons category is recorded as Platacanthomys lasiurus[8].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Platacanthomys lasiurus[9].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. lasiurus'}[10].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar spiny dormouse'}[11].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar Spiny Dormouse'}[12].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar Spiny Tree Mouse'}[13].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spiny Tree Mouse'}[14].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spiny Dormouse'}[15].
  • Malabar Spiny Dormouse is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südindischer Stachelbilch'}[16].

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Classification

Malabar Spiny Dormouse's scientific name is Platacanthomys lasiurus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Platacanthomys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar spiny dormouse'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Malabar Spiny Tree Mouse'}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spiny Tree Mouse'}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Spiny Dormouse'}[15], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südindischer Stachelbilch'}[16].

Identifiers

Malabar Spiny Dormouse's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44948[17]. Malabar Spiny Dormouse's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2502162[18]. Malabar Spiny Dormouse's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179471[19]. Malabar Spiny Dormouse's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438590[20]. Malabar Spiny Dormouse's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632693[21].

Why It Matters

Malabar Spiny Dormouse ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Platacanthomys
    Iucn conservation status → Vulnerable
    Taxon rank → species
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