Hyaenidae

family of mammals in the order Carnivora
Taxon taxon Q42046
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Summary

Hyaenidae is a taxon[1]. Hyaenidae ranks in the top 0.047% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,798 views/month, #92 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Herpestoidea[4], Aeluroidea[5], Feliformia[6]
  • Taxon name: Hyaenidae[7]
  • Commons category: Hyaenidae[8]
  • Taxonomic type: Hyaena[9]
  • Start time: -26000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hyenas[11], Category:Hyaenidae[12]
  • Commons gallery: Hyaenidae[13]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[14]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[15], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21]
  • Taxon common name: hyenas[22], hyenefamilien[23]
  • Different from: African wild dog[24]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02117135-n[25], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/102120099-n[26]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q135108936[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[29]

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Identifiers

Hyaenidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41884[30]. Hyaenidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9676[31]. Hyaenidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7672[32]. Hyaenidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5306[33]. Hyaenidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621756[34].

Why It Matters

Hyaenidae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Hyaenidae is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · ~2026-47559-96 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nl cr aut id → joguem natuburguer 2,ela esta la
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Nl cr aut id: joguem natuburguer 2,ela esta la"
  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Poranopsis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292520, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 7964
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 7964, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479963|HYENA (#167479963)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  4. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → hyenas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hyenas, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933683|hyenas (#289933683)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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