Balaenoptera musculus

species of marine mammal, largest living animal in the world
Taxon taxon Q42196
Balaenoptera musculus
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Balaenoptera musculus

Summary

Balaenoptera musculus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.012% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,087 views/month, #24 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Balaenoptera musculus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Endangered status[5].
  • Balaenoptera musculus belongs to the parent taxon Balaenoptera[6].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus[7].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is a type of Cetacea[8].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is a type of fin whale[9].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's Commons category is recorded as Balaenoptera musculus[10].
  • Balaenoptera musculus began on -1500000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blue whales[12].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's Commons gallery is recorded as Balaenoptera musculus[13].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's main food source is recorded as Euphausiacea[14].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's original combination is recorded as Balaena musculus[15].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[16].
  • Balaenoptera musculus's short name is recorded as B. musculus[17].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Ballena Azul[18].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Baleine bleue[19].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as blue whale[20].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Sibbold’s Rorqual[21].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Sulphur-bottom Whale[22].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Pygmy Blue Whale[23].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as Blauwal[24].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as 藍鯨[25].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as blouwalvis[26].
  • Balaenoptera musculus is commonly known as blauwe vinvis[27].

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Classification

Balaenoptera musculus's scientific name is Balaenoptera musculus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Balaenoptera[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Ballena Azul[18], Baleine bleue[19], blue whale[20], Sibbold’s Rorqual[21], Sulphur-bottom Whale[22], and Pygmy Blue Whale[23].

Identifiers

Balaenoptera musculus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41553[28]. Balaenoptera musculus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9771[29]. Balaenoptera musculus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559433[30]. Balaenoptera musculus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440735[31]. Balaenoptera musculus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180528[32].

Why It Matters

Balaenoptera musculus ranks in the top 0.012% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51,087 views/month, #24 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . 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. 12d ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14516 Q140084496
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
  2. 4w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id 02067469-n
    Interlingual index id i46252
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag blue-whale
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: blue-whale, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910636|blue whale (#289910636)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  4. 11w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name Ballena Azul, Baleine bleue, blue whale +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: sinji kit"
  5. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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