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Russian Desman

species of mammal of genus Desmana in the family Talpidae
Taxon taxon Q381760
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Russian Desman

Summary

Russian Desman is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month, #1,535 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Russian Desman's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Russian Desman is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Russian Desman's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered[5].
  • Russian Desman is classified within Desmana[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Russian Desman is Desmana moschata[7].
  • Russian Desman's Commons category is recorded as Desmana moschata[8].
  • Russian Desman's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Desmana moschata[9].
  • Russian Desman's Commons gallery is recorded as Desmana moschata[10].
  • Russian Desman's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Russian Desman's original combination is recorded as Castor moschatus[12].
  • Russian Desman's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'D. moschata'}[13].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Russian Desman'}[14].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Desman Ruso'}[15].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desman'}[16].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Russischer Desman'}[17].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bisamrüssler'}[18].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Russian desman'}[19].
  • Russian Desman is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'južnoruski dežman'}[20].
  • Russian Desman's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+45'}[21].
  • Russian Desman's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[22].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Russian Desman is Desmana moschata[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Desmana[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Desman Ruso'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Desman'}[16], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Russischer Desman'}[17], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bisamrüssler'}[18], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'južnoruski dežman'}[20].

Identifiers

Russian Desman's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47032[23]. Russian Desman's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 182682[24]. Russian Desman's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178965[25]. Russian Desman's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436117[26]. Russian Desman's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633829[27].

Why It Matters

Russian Desman ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month, #1,535 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [24] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2379563
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548533405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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