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family

taxonomic rank (or a taxon at that rank) between order and genus
Thing taxonomic_rank Q35409
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Summary

family is a taxonomic rank[1]. family draws 8,911 Wikipedia views per month (taxonomic rank category, ranking #7 of 48).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: rank in zoology[3], rank in botany[4]
  • Part of: epifamily[5], suborder[6], order[7], group[8]
  • Commons category: Families (biology)[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Families (biology)[10]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/Kyoto#family-eng-3.0-08107499-n[13]
  • Different from: gene family[14], family[15], group[16], ichnofamily[17], Rodina[18], oofamily[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Why It Matters

family has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] family is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Ailuridae

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Q141581969. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 6d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia title → Family (taxonomy)
    Topic has template → —
    Sitelink count → 134
    Equivalent class → http://www.kyoto-project.eu/ontologies/Kyoto#family-eng-3.0-
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topic has template: Template:Fossil insect families"
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