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scavenger

animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant material, or refuse
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scavenger

Summary

scavenger is a primary nutritional group[1]. scavenger draws 1,422 Wikipedia views per month (primary_nutritional_group category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • scavenger's instance of is recorded as primary nutritional group[3].
  • scavenger is a type of heterotroph[4].
  • scavenger is a type of Animalia[5].
  • scavenger's Commons category is recorded as Scavenging[6].
  • scavenger's said to be the same as is recorded as saprophage[7].
  • scavenger's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scavengers[8].
  • scavenger's main food source is recorded as dead organic matter[9].
  • scavenger's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • scavenger's partially coincident with is recorded as detritivore[11].
  • scavenger's has characteristic is recorded as trophic level[12].

Body

Definition and Type

scavenger's instance of is recorded as primary nutritional group[3]. Recorded subclass of include heterotroph[4] and Animalia[5].

Why It Matters

scavenger draws 1,422 Wikipedia views per month (primary_nutritional_group category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] scavenger has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] scavenger is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . merriam-webster.com. merriam-webster.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scavenger. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scavenger
MLA “scavenger.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/scavenger.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scavenger_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scavenger}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scavenger}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → primary nutritional group
    Main food source → dead organic matter
    Said to be the same as → saprophage
    Instance of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560596105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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