Caviidae

family of rodents
Taxon taxon Q685772
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Caviidae

Summary

Caviidae is a taxon[1]. Caviidae ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,514 views/month, #1,068 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caviidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Caviidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Caviidae is classified within Hystricognathi[5].
  • Caviidae belongs to the parent taxon Cavioidea[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Caviidae is Caviidae[7].
  • Caviidae's Commons category is recorded as Caviidae[8].
  • Caviidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cavies[9].
  • Caviidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Caviidae[10].
  • Caviidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[11].
  • Caviidae's vocalized name is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'קַּבְיָתִיִּים'}[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Caviidae is Caviidae[7]. Caviidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Hystricognathi[5] and Cavioidea[6].

Identifiers

Caviidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43795[13]. Caviidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10139[14]. Caviidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8685[15]. Caviidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9432[16]. Caviidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 584576[17].

Why It Matters

Caviidae ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,514 views/month, #1,068 of 195,241).[2] Caviidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Caviidae is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Hystricognathi, Cavioidea
    Instance of taxon
    Temporal range start Q6841498
    Aliases
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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