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Crocodylus

genus of crocodiles
Taxon taxon Q309495
Crocodylus
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Crocodylus

Summary

Crocodylus is a taxon[1]. Crocodylus ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month, #1,379 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crocodylus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Crocodylus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Crocodylus is classified within Crocodylinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Crocodylus is Crocodylus[6].
  • Crocodylus's Commons category is recorded as Crocodylus[7].
  • Crocodylus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crocodylus[8].
  • Crocodylus's Commons gallery is recorded as Crocodylus[9].
  • Crocodylus's taxon synonym is recorded as Oopholis[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Crocodylus is Crocodylus[6]. Crocodylus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Crocodylus is classified within Crocodylinae[5].

Identifiers

Crocodylus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26042[11]. Crocodylus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8500[12]. Crocodylus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559653[13]. Crocodylus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441321[14]. Crocodylus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174360[15].

Why It Matters

Crocodylus ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month, #1,379 of 195,241).[2] Crocodylus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Crocodylus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Crocodylus
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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