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Buthus

genus of arachnids
Taxon taxon Q2928896
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Buthus

Summary

Buthus is a taxon[1]. Buthus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Buthus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Buthus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Buthus belongs to the parent taxon Buthidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Buthus is Buthus[6].
  • Buthus's Commons category is recorded as Buthus[7].
  • Buthus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Buthus[8].

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Classification

Buthus's scientific name is Buthus[6]. Buthus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Buthus belongs to the parent taxon Buthidae[5].

Identifiers

Buthus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 127316[9]. Buthus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6865[10]. Buthus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2917607[11]. Buthus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3253203[12].

Why It Matters

Buthus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #1,610 of 195,241).[2] Buthus has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Updated catalogue and taxonomic notes on the Old-World scorpion genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (Scorpiones, Buthidae). wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Buthidae
    Topic's main category → Category:Buthus
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293674505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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