monotreme

order of mammals
Taxon taxon Q21790
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Summary

monotreme is a taxon[1]. monotreme ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,312 views/month, #248 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Australosphenida[4], Monotremaformes[5]
  • Taxon name: Monotremata[6]
  • Commons category: Monotremata[7]
  • Has part(s): penis[8]
  • Start time: -210000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Monotremes[10]
  • Commons gallery: Monotremata[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[19]
  • Taxon common name: kloakkdyr[20], 单孔目[21], stekowiec[22]
  • Properties for this type: P10322[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24]
  • Litter size: 1[25]
  • Egg incubation period: 10.5 day[26]
  • Mode of reproduction: oviparity[27]

Body

Identifiers

monotreme's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43233[28]. monotreme's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9255[29]. monotreme's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1679[30]. monotreme's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 791[31]. monotreme's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179915[32].

Why It Matters

monotreme has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] monotreme is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . news.softpedia.com. news.softpedia.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . 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. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Mode of reproduction → oviparity
    Has part(s) → penis
    Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+10.5'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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