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Carcharhinus

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Taxon taxon Q312359
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Carcharhinus

Summary

Carcharhinus is a taxon[1]. Carcharhinus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carcharhinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carcharhinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carcharhinus is classified within Carcharhinidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carcharhinus is Carcharhinus[6].
  • Carcharhinus's Commons category is recorded as Carcharhinus[7].
  • Carcharhinus began on -42000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Carcharhinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcharhinus[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Carcharhinus is Carcharhinus[6]. Carcharhinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Carcharhinus belongs to the parent taxon Carcharhinidae[5].

Identifiers

Carcharhinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53585[10]. Carcharhinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7806[11]. Carcharhinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559777[12]. Carcharhinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2417963[13]. Carcharhinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160267[14].

Why It Matters

Carcharhinus ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month, #1,552 of 195,241).[2] Carcharhinus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Carcharhinus is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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 . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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