sable antelope

an antelope native to the wooded savanna of East and Southern Africa
Taxon taxon Q239381
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sable antelope

Summary

sable antelope is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month, #1,143 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sable antelope's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sable antelope is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • sable antelope's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • sable antelope belongs to the parent taxon Hippotragus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, sable antelope is Hippotragus niger[7].
  • sable antelope's Commons category is recorded as Hippotragus niger[8].
  • sable antelope's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hippotragus niger[9].
  • sable antelope's Commons gallery is recorded as Hippotragus niger[10].
  • sable antelope's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sable antelope'}[12].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Antílope Sable Negro'}[13].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Hippotrague Géant De L'Angola"}[14].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Hippotrague Noir Géant'}[15].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant Sable Antelope'}[16].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sable Antelope'}[17].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern Sable Antelope'}[18].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Südliche Rappenantilope'}[19].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rappenantilope'}[20].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'antylopowiec szablorogi'}[21].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'antílope sable'}[22].
  • sable antelope is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'črna grivasta antilopa'}[23].
  • sable antelope's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+9'}[24].
  • sable antelope's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+22.2'}[25].
  • sable antelope's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Hippotragus_niger[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, sable antelope is Hippotragus niger[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Hippotragus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sable antelope'}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Antílope Sable Negro'}[13], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Hippotrague Géant De L'Angola"}[14], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Hippotrague Noir Géant'}[15], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant Sable Antelope'}[16], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Southern Sable Antelope'}[18].

Identifiers

sable antelope's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42334[27]. sable antelope's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37189[28]. sable antelope's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 331077[29]. sable antelope's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441031[30]. sable antelope's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625178[31].

Why It Matters

sable antelope ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (809 views/month, #1,143 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . DNA Zoo. 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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