Orycteropus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q1975774
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Orycteropus

Summary

Orycteropus is a taxon[1]. Orycteropus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orycteropus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Orycteropus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Orycteropus belongs to the parent taxon Orycteropodidae[5].
  • Orycteropus's scientific name is Orycteropus[6].
  • Orycteropus's Commons category is recorded as Orycteropus[7].
  • Orycteropus's different from is recorded as Double[8].

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Classification

Orycteropus's scientific name is Orycteropus[6]. Orycteropus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Orycteropus belongs to the parent taxon Orycteropodidae[5].

Identifiers

Orycteropus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47061[9]. Orycteropus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9817[10]. Orycteropus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14875[11]. Orycteropus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218415[12]. Orycteropus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584904[13].

Why It Matters

Orycteropus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2] Orycteropus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Orycteropus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Parent taxon Orycteropodidae
    Different from Double
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007547059905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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