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Melinae

subfamily of carnivorous mammals
Taxon taxon Q10328397
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Melinae

Summary

Melinae is a taxon[1]. Melinae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melinae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melinae is classified at the rank of subfamily[4].
  • Melinae is classified within Mustelidae[5].
  • Melinae's scientific name is Melinae[6].
  • Melinae's Commons category is recorded as Mustelinae[7].
  • Melinae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melinae[8].
  • Melinae's different from is recorded as badger[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melinae is Melinae[6]. Melinae is classified at the rank of subfamily[4]. Melinae belongs to the parent taxon Mustelidae[5].

Identifiers

Melinae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1008252[10]. Melinae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621762[11].

Why It Matters

Melinae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (159 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Melinae has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] Melinae is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wellcome collection concept id → u4fum9je
    Topic's main category → Category:Melinae
    Taxon rank → subfamily
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007284491905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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