sloth

suborder of mammals
Taxon taxon Q2274076
sloth
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sloth

Summary

sloth is a taxon[1]. sloth ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,269 views/month, #548 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • sloth's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • sloth is classified at the rank of suborder[4].
  • sloth belongs to the parent taxon Pilosa[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, sloth is Folivora[6].
  • sloth's Commons category is recorded as Folivora[7].
  • sloth's Unicode character is recorded as 🦥[8].
  • sloth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sloths[9].
  • sloth's Commons gallery is recorded as Folivora[10].
  • sloth's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • sloth's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[12].
  • sloth's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • sloth is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lenivci'}[14].
  • sloth's life expectancy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+20'}[15].
  • sloth's life expectancy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+30'}[16].
  • sloth's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Classification

sloth's scientific name is Folivora[6]. sloth is classified at the rank of suborder[4]. sloth is classified within Pilosa[5]. sloth is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'lenivci'}[14].

Identifiers

sloth's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 948953[18]. sloth's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2852810[19]. sloth's ITIS TSN is recorded as 727503[20].

Why It Matters

sloth ranks in the top 0.28% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,269 views/month, #548 of 195,241).[2] sloth has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] sloth is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2139280
    Aliases
    Taxon rank suborder
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10432, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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