tenrecs

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q23340
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tenrecs

Summary

tenrecs is a taxon[1]. tenrecs ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month, #1,004 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • tenrecs's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • tenrecs is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • tenrecs is classified within Tenrecomorpha[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, tenrecs is Tenrecidae[6].
  • tenrecs's Commons category is recorded as Tenrecidae[7].
  • The taxonomic type of tenrecs is Tenrec[8].
  • tenrecs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tenrecidae[9].
  • tenrecs's Commons gallery is recorded as Tenrecidae[10].
  • tenrecs's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • tenrecs's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12].
  • tenrecs's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • tenrecs's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].

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Classification

tenrecs's scientific name is Tenrecidae[6]. tenrecs is classified at the rank of family[4]. tenrecs is classified within Tenrecomorpha[5]. The taxonomic type of tenrecs is Tenrec[8].

Identifiers

tenrecs's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42435[15]. tenrecs's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9369[16]. tenrecs's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7690[17]. tenrecs's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9613[18]. tenrecs's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633417[19].

Why It Matters

tenrecs ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,502 views/month, #1,004 of 195,241).[2] tenrecs has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] tenrecs is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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 . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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