western whiptail

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q2709327
western whiptail
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western whiptail

Summary

western whiptail is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • western whiptail's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • western whiptail is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • western whiptail's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • western whiptail is classified within Aspidoscelis[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, western whiptail is Aspidoscelis tigris[7].
  • western whiptail's Commons category is recorded as Aspidoscelis tigris[8].
  • western whiptail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tiger Whiptail'}[9].
  • western whiptail is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western Whiptail'}[10].
  • western whiptail's Digital Atlas of Idaho URL is recorded as https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/reptile/lacer/cnti/cntifrm.htm[11].
  • western whiptail's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[12].
  • western whiptail's taxon range is recorded as Arizona[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, western whiptail is Aspidoscelis tigris[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Aspidoscelis[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Tiger Whiptail'}[9] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western Whiptail'}[10].

Identifiers

western whiptail's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 38671[14]. western whiptail's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52180[15]. western whiptail's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2472485[16].

Why It Matters

western whiptail ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Reptile Database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range Arizona
    Parent taxon Aspidoscelis
    Diel cycle diurnality
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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