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thirteen-lined ground squirrel

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thirteen-lined ground squirrel

Summary

thirteen-lined ground squirrel is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,657 views/month, #1,382 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel belongs to the parent taxon Spermophilus[5].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel is classified within Ictidomys[6].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's scientific name is Spermophilus tridecemlineatus[7].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's Commons category is recorded as Ictidomys tridecemlineatus[8].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ictidomys tridecemlineatus[9].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's Commons gallery is recorded as Spermophilus tridecemlineatus[10].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's original combination is recorded as Sciurus tridecemlineatus[11].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's taxon synonym is recorded as Thirteen-lined ground squirrel[12].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[13].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'S. tridecemlineatus'}[14].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel'}[15].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dreizehnstreifenziesel'}[16].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mexikanischer Ziesel'}[17].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+4'}[18].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's sequenced genome URL is recorded as http://www.ensembl.org/Ictidomys_tridecemlineatus[19].
  • thirteen-lined ground squirrel's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, thirteen-lined ground squirrel is Spermophilus tridecemlineatus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Spermophilus[5] and Ictidomys[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dreizehnstreifenziesel'}[16], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mexikanischer Ziesel'}[17].

Identifiers

thirteen-lined ground squirrel's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437302[21]. thirteen-lined ground squirrel's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180162[22].

Why It Matters

thirteen-lined ground squirrel ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,657 views/month, #1,382 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu'
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q23387', 'amount': '+4'}
    Parent taxon → Spermophilus, Ictidomys
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Instance of → taxon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007534010105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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