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Macrourus

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Macrourus
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Macrourus

Summary

Macrourus is a taxon[1]. Macrourus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Macrourus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Macrourus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Macrourus belongs to the parent taxon Macrouridae[5].
  • Macrourus's scientific name is Macrourus[6].
  • Macrourus's Commons category is recorded as Macrourus[7].
  • Macrourus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Macrourus[8].

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Classification

Macrourus's scientific name is Macrourus[6]. Macrourus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Macrourus is classified within Macrouridae[5].

Identifiers

Macrourus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 89696[9]. Macrourus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 68520[10]. Macrourus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 24096[11]. Macrourus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2416500[12]. Macrourus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 165420[13].

Why It Matters

Macrourus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] Macrourus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Macrourus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . 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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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Macrouridae
    Topic's main category → Category:Macrourus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541500005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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