Talpidae
family of small insectivorous mammals
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Summary
Talpidae is a taxon[1]. Talpidae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,693 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Eulipotyphla[4]
- Taxon name: Talpidae[5]
- Has use: biological pest control[6]
- Commons category: Talpidae[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Talpidae[8], Category:Moles (Talpidae)[9]
- Commons gallery: Talpidae[10]
- Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11]
- Main food source: worm[12], chrysalis[13], caterpillar[14]
- Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18]
- This taxon is source of: Maulwurffell[19]
- Taxon common name: Maulwürfe[20], Talpedoj[21], モグラ科[22], ติ่ง[23], ตุ่น[24], Köstebekgiller[25], Кроти[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
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Identifiers
Talpidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46927[28]. Talpidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9373[29]. Talpidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8715[30]. Talpidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9469[31]. Talpidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179962[32].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Talpidae include wormhole[33].
Why It Matters
Talpidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Talpidae is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for Talpidae include wormhole[33].