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Kogia

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q244293
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Kogia

Summary

Kogia is a taxon[1]. Kogia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kogia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Kogia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Kogia belongs to the parent taxon Kogiidae[5].
  • Kogia's scientific name is Kogia[6].
  • Kogia's Commons category is recorded as Kogia[7].
  • Kogia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kogia[8].
  • Kogia's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1846[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Kogia is Kogia[6]. Kogia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Kogia is classified within Kogiidae[5].

Identifiers

Kogia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41463[10]. Kogia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9751[11]. Kogia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559332[12]. Kogia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440690[13]. Kogia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180490[14].

Why It Matters

Kogia ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month, #1,582 of 195,241).[2] Kogia has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Kogia is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Temporal range start → Q76267
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546089005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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