Sumatran rhinoceros

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q29220
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Summary

Sumatran rhinoceros is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,908 views/month, #986 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Dicerorhinus[5]
  • Taxon name: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[6]
  • Commons category: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[8]
  • Commons gallery: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis[9]
  • Original combination: Rhinoceros sumatrensis[10]
  • Taxon common name: Sumatran rhinoceros[11], Rinoceronte de Sumatra[12], Rhinocéros de Sumatra[13], Hairy Rhinoceros[14], Sumatranashorn[15], Sumatra-Nashorn[16], وحيدُ القرن السُومطري[17], الكركدن السُومطري[18], الخرتيت السُومطري[19], 双角犀[20], sumatrski nosorog[21]
  • Habitat: shrubland[22], forest[23]
  • Gestation period: 400 day[24]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[25]
  • Diel cycle: cathemeral[26]

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Identifiers

Sumatran rhinoceros's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43343[27]. Sumatran rhinoceros's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 89632[28]. Sumatran rhinoceros's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311504[29]. Sumatran rhinoceros's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440878[30]. Sumatran rhinoceros's ITIS TSN is recorded as 625002[31].

Why It Matters

Sumatran rhinoceros has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . 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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  1. 19w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-06-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+400'}
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Dicerorhinus
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