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biological classification

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Summary

biological classification is a type of classification[1]. It draws 5,623 Wikipedia views per month (type of classification category, ranking #5 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: specialised classification scheme[3], taxonomy[4]
  • Commons category: Taxonomy[5]
  • Said to be the same as: taxonomy[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scientific classification[7], Category:Biological classification[8]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], Baidu Baike[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Biological classification[11], Template:Biological kingdom classification[12]
  • Uses: cladistics[13], form classification[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[15], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]

Why It Matters

biological classification has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

plant taxonomy taxonomy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . baike.baidu.com. baike.baidu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . sciencedirect.com. sciencedirect.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Scientific classification, Category:Biological classification
    Topic has template → Template:Biological classification, Template:Biological kingdom classification
    Uses → cladistics, form classification
    Uses → —
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