Iguana

genus of reptiles
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q205531
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Iguana

Summary

Iguana is a monotypic taxon[1]. Iguana ranks in the top 0.16% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,762 views/month, #4 of 2,572).[2]

Key Facts

  • Iguana's image is recorded as Portrait of an Iguana.jpg[3].
  • Iguana's image is recorded as Cach nuoi rong nam my.jpg[4].
  • Iguana's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[5].
  • Iguana's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Iguana's parent taxon is recorded as Iguanidae[7].
  • Iguana's taxon name is recorded as Iguana[8].
  • Iguana's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85064217[9].
  • Iguana's Commons category is recorded as Iguana[10].
  • Iguana's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007076[11].
  • Iguana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vq7_[12].
  • Iguana's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.833.393.500[13].
  • Iguana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8516[14].
  • Iguana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173929[15].
  • Iguana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 30431[16].
  • Iguana's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 37867[17].
  • Iguana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2459675[18].
  • Iguana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iguana[19].
  • Iguana's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • Iguana's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/iguana-lizard-grouping[21].
  • Iguana's BBC Things ID is recorded as 942839db-bece-453c-a280-7afbd4058a7e[22].
  • Iguana's NALT ID is recorded as 46888[23].
  • Iguana's EPPO Code is recorded as 1IGUAG[24].
  • Iguana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 35341[25].
  • Iguana's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 7025[26].
  • Iguana's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as iguanas[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Iguana include Ringed spinytail iguana[28], a taxon[29].

Why It Matters

Iguana ranks in the top 0.16% of monotypic_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,762 views/month, #4 of 2,572).[2] Iguana has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Iguana is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for Iguana include Ringed spinytail iguana[28], a taxon[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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