Camelus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q7375
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Summary

Camelus is a taxon[1]. Camelus ranks in the top 0.1% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,280 views/month, #203 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Camelidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Camelus[5]
  • Subclass of: ungulate[6]
  • Commons category: Camelus[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Camelus bactrianus[8]
  • Start time: 3600000 BC[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Camelus[10], Category:Camels[11]
  • Commons gallery: Camelus[12]
  • Depicted by: The Magical Procession[13]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
  • Natural reservoir of: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus[22]
  • Different from: Q55443222[23]
  • Exact match: https://ids.clld.org/parameters/3-780[24]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q25691373[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[26], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
  • Invasive to: Australian continent[28]

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Identifiers

Camelus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42232[29]. Camelus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9836[30]. Camelus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38902[31]. Camelus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441236[32]. Camelus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624942[33].

Why It Matters

Camelus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Camelus is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Opinion 2059 (Case 275) Camelus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758 designated as the type species. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . virological.org. Retrieved . virological.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . environment.gov.au. Retrieved . environment.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 23d ago · Iketsi · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 208
    Wikipedia languages → ['ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages:0||72 */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
  2. 10w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i48451
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Interlingual index id: i48451"
  3. 12w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q13955 (ara)-Spotless Mind1988-جمل.wav, LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Ingamiya.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Ingamiya.wav"
  4. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Acropora
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292100, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  5. 14w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3948
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 3948, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167476674|CAMEL (#167476674)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  6. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → camels
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: camels, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922125|camels (#289922125)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  7. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Golden id → Camel-ADX4
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 19201, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  8. 24w ago · ~2026-28745-59 · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Invasive to → Australian continent
    Golden id → Camel-ADX4
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Golden id: Camel-ADX4"
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