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Tree-kangaroo

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Taxon taxon Q325064
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Tree-kangaroo

Summary

Tree-kangaroo is a taxon[1]. Tree-kangaroo ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month, #1,114 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tree-kangaroo's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Tree-kangaroo is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Tree-kangaroo belongs to the parent taxon Macropodinae[5].
  • Tree-kangaroo belongs to the parent taxon Dendrolagini[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Tree-kangaroo is Dendrolagus[7].
  • Tree-kangaroo's Commons category is recorded as Dendrolagus[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Tree-kangaroo is Ursine tree-kangaroo[9].
  • Tree-kangaroo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dendrolagus[10].
  • Tree-kangaroo's Commons gallery is recorded as Dendrolagus[11].
  • Tree-kangaroo's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Tree-kangaroo's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Tree-kangaroo's taxon author citation is recorded as Müller & Schlegel, 1839[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Tree-kangaroo is Dendrolagus[7]. Tree-kangaroo is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Macropodinae[5] and Dendrolagini[6]. The taxonomic type of Tree-kangaroo is Ursine tree-kangaroo[9].

Identifiers

Tree-kangaroo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42896[15]. Tree-kangaroo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38603[16]. Tree-kangaroo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 34777[17]. Tree-kangaroo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440205[18]. Tree-kangaroo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552442[19].

Why It Matters

Tree-kangaroo ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,355 views/month, #1,114 of 195,241).[2] Tree-kangaroo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Tree-kangaroo is known by 36 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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: 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. 20h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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    Taxonomic type → Ursine tree-kangaroo
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