mammal

class of animals, mostly terrestrial tetrapods, some aquatic
Taxon taxon Q7377
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mammal

Summary

mammal is a taxon[1]. mammal ranks in the top 0.0077% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,901 views/month, #15 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • mammal's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • mammal is classified at the rank of class[4].
  • mammal is classified within Mammaliaformes[5].
  • mammal's scientific name is Mammalia[6].
  • mammal is a type of Vertebrata[7].
  • mammal's Commons category is recorded as Mammalia[8].
  • mammal's said to be the same as is recorded as mammal[9].
  • mammal began on -160000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • mammal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mammals[11].
  • mammal's Commons gallery is recorded as Mammalia[12].
  • mammal's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Mammals[13].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[19].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[20].
  • mammal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • mammal's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mammals[22].
  • mammal's topic has template is recorded as Q10725256[23].
  • mammal's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://biology.stackexchange.com/tags/mammals[24].
  • mammal's this taxon is source of is recorded as milk[25].
  • mammal's this taxon is source of is recorded as mammal meat[26].
  • mammal's this taxon is source of is recorded as hide[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, mammal is Mammalia[6]. mammal is classified at the rank of class[4]. mammal is classified within Mammaliaformes[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '哺乳纲'}[28], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mammifère'}[29], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mammal'}[30], {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Mammiferi'}[31], and {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'pattedyr'}[32].

Identifiers

mammal's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40151[33]. mammal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40674[34]. mammal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1642[35]. mammal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 359[36]. mammal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179913[37].

Why It Matters

mammal ranks in the top 0.0077% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,901 views/month, #15 of 195,241).[2] mammal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] mammal is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . An Early Cretaceous tribosphenic mammal and metatherian evolution. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [35] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id topic_3048
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: topic_3048, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289761971|Mammals (#289761971)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix"
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