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short-eared possum

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short-eared possum

Summary

short-eared possum is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • short-eared possum's image is recorded as Trichosurus caninus.jpg[3].
  • short-eared possum's image is recorded as Trichosurus caninus Gould.jpg[4].
  • short-eared possum's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • short-eared possum's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • short-eared possum's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • short-eared possum's parent taxon is recorded as Trichosurus[8].
  • short-eared possum's taxon range map image is recorded as Short-eared Possum area.png[9].
  • short-eared possum's endemic to is recorded as Australian continent[10].
  • short-eared possum's taxon name is recorded as Trichosurus caninus[11].
  • short-eared possum's Commons category is recorded as Trichosurus caninus[12].
  • short-eared possum's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 40557[13].
  • short-eared possum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02w9zww[14].
  • short-eared possum's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 128432[15].
  • short-eared possum's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552695[16].
  • short-eared possum's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440251[17].
  • short-eared possum's MSW ID is recorded as 11000086[18].
  • short-eared possum's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/mountain-brush-tailed-possum[19].
  • short-eared possum's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'T. caninus'}[20].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Phalanger De Montagne'}[21].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mountain Brushtail Possum'}[22].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-eared Brushtail Possum'}[23].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-eared Possum'}[24].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Hundskusu'}[25].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Bobuek'}[26].
  • short-eared possum's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Northern Bobuck'}[27].

Why It Matters

short-eared possum ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #1,613 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ASM Mammal Diversity Database. Retrieved . 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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