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Lipotidae

family of river dolphins containing the functionally extinct baiji and the fossil genus Parapontoporia
Taxon taxon Q3242241
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Summary

Lipotidae is a taxon[1]. Lipotidae ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (750 views/month, #1,496 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lipotoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Lipotidae[5]
  • Commons category: Lipotidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lipotidae[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Parapontoporiidae[8]
  • Taxon author citation: Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978[9]

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Identifiers

Lipotidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 119500[10]. Lipotidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559408[11]. Lipotidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240260[12]. Lipotidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 612588[13].

Why It Matters

Lipotidae has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Lipotidae is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . eol.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 5d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'ia', 'pl', 'sk',
    Taxon author citation → Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Zhou, Qian & Li, 1978, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
  2. 13w ago · Paucabot · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Lipotidae
    Parent taxon → Lipotoidea
    Image → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Baiji 1.jpg"
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