Homo
genus of mammals
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Summary
Homo is a taxon[1]. Homo ranks in the top 0.033% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,215 views/month, #64 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Hominina[4], Homininae[5], Hominidae[6], Hominini[7]
- Taxon name: Homo[8]
- Subclass of: Hominidae[9]
- Commons category: Homo[10]
- Taxonomic type: Homo sapiens[11]
- Start time: -2800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Homo[13]
- Taxon synonym: Pithecanthropus[14], Protanthropus[15], Sinanthropus[16], Cyphanthropus[17], Africanthropus[18], Telanthropus[19], Atlanthropus[20], Tchadanthropus[21], Kenyanthropus[22], Anthropus[23], Europanthropus[24], Maueranthropus[25], Nipponanthropus[26], Notanthropus[27]
- Equivalent class: http://kbpedia.org/kko/rc/HomoGenus[28]
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Identifiers
Homo's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43583[29]. Homo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9605[30]. Homo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42268[31]. Homo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436435[32]. Homo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180091[33].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Homo include Al-Nās[34], a surah[35].
Why It Matters
Homo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Homo is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]