Delphinidae

family of marine mammals
Taxon taxon Q215760
Delphinidae
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Delphinidae

Summary

Delphinidae is a taxon[1]. Delphinidae ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month, #980 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Delphinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Delphinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Delphinidae is classified within Delphinoidea[5].
  • Delphinidae belongs to the parent taxon Odontoceti[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Delphinidae is Delphinidae[7].
  • Delphinidae's Commons category is recorded as Delphinidae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Delphinidae is Delphinus[9].
  • Delphinidae began on -30000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Delphinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Delphinidae[11].
  • Delphinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Oceanic dolphins[12].
  • Delphinidae's main food source is recorded as fish as food[13].
  • Delphinidae's main food source is recorded as Teuthida[14].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[15].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Delphinidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Delphinidae's taxon synonym is recorded as Holodontidae[21].
  • Delphinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'delfinfamilien'}[22].
  • Delphinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'delfini'}[23].
  • Delphinidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Delphinidae is Delphinidae[7]. Delphinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Delphinoidea[5] and Odontoceti[6]. The taxonomic type of Delphinidae is Delphinus[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'delfinfamilien'}[22] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'delfini'}[23].

Identifiers

Delphinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41479[25]. Delphinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9726[26]. Delphinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7659[27]. Delphinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5314[28]. Delphinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180415[29].

Why It Matters

Delphinidae ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (656 views/month, #980 of 195,241).[2] Delphinidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Delphinidae is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source fish as food, Teuthida
    Instance of taxon
    Taxon synonym Holodontidae
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11230, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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