baiji

species of river dolphin
Taxon taxon Q188130
baiji
Charles Hoy · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

baiji is a taxon[1]. baiji ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,953 views/month, #1,226 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Lipotes[5]
  • Endemic to: People's Republic of China[6]
  • Taxon name: Lipotes vexillifer[7]
  • Commons category: Lipotes vexillifer[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lipotes vexillifer[9]
  • Commons gallery: Lipotes vexillifer[10]
  • Taxon common name: Baiji[11], Delfín De China[12], Dauphin Fluviatile De Chine[13], Changjiang Dolphin[14], Chinese Lake Dolphin[15], Whitefin Dolphin[16], White Flag Dolphin[17], Yangtze River Dolphin[18], Chinese River Dolphin[19], Yangtse River Dolphin[20], Pei Chi[21], Chinesischer Flussdelfin[22], Yangtse-Delfin[23], Beiji[24]
  • Different from: Baiji[25]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix I of CITES[26]

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Identifiers

baiji's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41468[27]. baiji's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 118797[28]. baiji's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328475[29]. baiji's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440328[30]. baiji's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180409[31].

Why It Matters

baiji has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] baiji is known by 152 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · WindEwriX · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Baiji Dolphin killed by Charles Hoy 1914.jpg, Chinese Baiji dolphin specimen Qi Qi.jpg, Baiji 1.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Baiji 1.jpg"
  2. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baiji'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Delfín De China'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Baiji'} +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon common name: jangceški delfin"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Lipotes
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → taxon
    Cites appendix → Appendix I of CITES
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007531578305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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