Editing Smaug (section)

==In popular culture==

[[File:Air New Zealand, Boeing 777-300ER (Smaug Livery), ZK-OKO - LHR (11344034125).jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|An [[Air New Zealand]] aircraft in Smaug livery]]

In 2012, [[Economy of Middle-earth|Smaug's wealth]] was estimated at $61 billion, placing him in the [[Forbes Fictional 15]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/fictional-15-12/smaug.html |title=Smaug |access-date=8 July 2012 |work=[[Forbes]] |year=2012 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729210301/https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/fictional-15-12/smaug.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, scientists named a genus of southern African girdled lizards, ''[[Smaug (lizard)|Smaug]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/life-at-the-limits/protect-and-prosper | title=Protect and Prosper | website=[[American Museum of Natural History]] | access-date=30 August 2015 | archive-date=16 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116231159/http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/Life-at-the-Limits/protect-and-prosper | url-status=live }}</ref> The lizards were so named after the fictional dragon for being armoured, dwelling underground, and native to Tolkien's birthplace, [[Bloemfontein]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Edward L. |last1=Stanley |first2=Aaron M. |last2=Bauer |first3=Todd R. |last3=Jackman |first4=William R. |last4=Branch |first5=P. Le Fras N. |last5=Mouton |title=Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |publisher=[[Academic Press]] |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=53–70 |date=2011 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 |pmid=20816817}}</ref>

In 2015, a new species of [[Acanthosomatidae|shield bug]] was named ''Planois smaug'', because of its size and its status "sleeping" in the researcher's collections for about 60 years until it was discovered.<ref>{{cite web |first=Eduardo |last=Faúndez |url=http://entomologytoday.org/2015/06/19/patagonian-shield-bug-named-after-middles-earths-smaug-the-dragon/ |title=Patagonian Shield Bug Named After Middle's Earth's Smaug the Dragon |work=[[Entomology Today]] |publisher=[[Entomological Society of America]] |location=Annapolis, Maryland |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=20 March 2016 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321170745/http://entomologytoday.org/2015/06/19/patagonian-shield-bug-named-after-middles-earths-smaug-the-dragon/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=Mariom A. |last1=Carvajal |first2=Eduardo I. |last2=Faúndez |first3=David A. |last3=Rider |title=Contribución al conocimiento de los Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) de la Región de Magallanes, con descripción de una nueva especie |doi=10.4067/s0718-686x2015000100013 |journal=Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (Chile) |date=2015 |volume=43 |issue=1 |pages=145–151 |doi-access=free }}</ref>