marsupial

infraclass of mammals
Taxon taxon Q25336
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Summary

marsupial is a taxon[1]. marsupial ranks in the top 0.063% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,377 views/month, #123 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: infraclass[3]
  • Parent taxon: Theria[4], Metatheria[5], Marsupialiformes[6]
  • Taxon name: Marsupialia[7]
  • Subclass of: mammal[8]
  • Commons category: Marsupialia[9]
  • Start time: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Marsupials[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16]
  • Taxon common name: torbacze[17], marsupiali[18], الجرابيَّات[19], vrečarji[20], Beuteltiere[21], 有袋上目[22]
  • Properties for this type: P10322[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]

Body

Identifiers

marsupial's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 848319[25]. marsupial's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42415193[26]. marsupial's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179918[27].

Why It Matters

marsupial has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] marsupial is known by 129 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [27] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → marsupialia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: marsupialia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289942407|marsupialia (#289942407)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
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