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Galagidae

family of mammals (primates)
Taxon taxon Q185239
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Summary

Galagidae is a taxon[1]. Galagidae ranks in the top 0.26% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,818 views/month, #512 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lorisiformes[4], Lorisoidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Galagidae[6]
  • Commons category: Galagidae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Galagos[8]
  • Commons gallery: Galagidae[9]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[14]

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Identifiers

Galagidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 71390[15]. Galagidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40297[16]. Galagidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47049511[17]. Recorded GBIF taxon ID include 3239554[18] and 9421[19]. Galagidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 943788[20].

Why It Matters

Galagidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Galagidae is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. 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. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → galagos
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: galagos, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929336|galagos (#289929336)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 13458, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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