Balaenidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q782603
Balaenidae
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Balaenidae

Summary

Balaenidae is a taxon[1]. Balaenidae ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #1,506 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balaenidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Balaenidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Balaenidae is classified within Balaenoidea[5].
  • Balaenidae's scientific name is Balaenidae[6].
  • Balaenidae is a type of Cetacea[7].
  • Balaenidae's Commons category is recorded as Balaenidae[8].
  • Balaenidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balaenidae[9].
  • Balaenidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Balaenidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'retthvalfamilien'}[11].
  • Balaenidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gladki kiti'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Balaenidae is Balaenidae[6]. Balaenidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Balaenidae is classified within Balaenoidea[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'retthvalfamilien'}[11] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'gladki kiti'}[12].

Identifiers

Balaenidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41567[13]. Balaenidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30558[14]. Balaenidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7661[15]. Balaenidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9682[16]. Balaenidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180531[17].

Why It Matters

Balaenidae ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month, #1,506 of 195,241).[2] Balaenidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Balaenidae is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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