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melon-headed whale

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melon-headed whale

Summary

melon-headed whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month, #1,426 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • melon-headed whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • melon-headed whale is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • melon-headed whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • melon-headed whale belongs to the parent taxon Peponocephala[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, melon-headed whale is Peponocephala electra[7].
  • melon-headed whale is part of Blackfish[8].
  • melon-headed whale's Commons category is recorded as Peponocephala electra[9].
  • melon-headed whale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peponocephala electra[10].
  • melon-headed whale's Commons gallery is recorded as Peponocephala electra[11].
  • melon-headed whale's original combination is recorded as Lagenorhynchus electra[12].
  • melon-headed whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. electra'}[13].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed whale'}[14].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Calderón Pequeño'}[15].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Electra'}[16].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Péponocéphale'}[17].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed Whale'}[18].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Many-toothed Blackfish'}[19].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed Blackfish'}[20].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Breitschnabeldelfin'}[21].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Melonenkopf'}[22].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瓜頭鯨'}[23].
  • melon-headed whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '瓜头鲸'}[24].
  • melon-headed whale's gestation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+365'}[25].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon author citation is recorded as (J.E. Gray, 1846)[26].
  • melon-headed whale's sequenced genome URL is recorded as https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Peponocephala_electra[27].

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Classification

melon-headed whale's scientific name is Peponocephala electra[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Peponocephala[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed whale'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Calderón Pequeño'}[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Electra'}[16], {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Péponocéphale'}[17], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Many-toothed Blackfish'}[19], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed Blackfish'}[20].

Identifiers

melon-headed whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41543[28]. melon-headed whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 103596[29]. melon-headed whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559275[30]. melon-headed whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440470[31]. melon-headed whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180459[32].

Why It Matters

melon-headed whale ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (913 views/month, #1,426 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Peponocephala electra. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . DNA Zoo. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Peponocephala electra
    Original combination → Lagenorhynchus electra
    Part of → Blackfish
    Taxon rank → species
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
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