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Orcinus

genus of oceanic mammals
Taxon taxon Q2123883
Orcinus
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Summary

Orcinus is a taxon[1]. Orcinus ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,890 views/month, #1,350 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Orcininae[4]
  • Taxon name: Orcinus[5]
  • Commons category: Orcinus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Orcinus[7]
  • Taxon synonym: Orca[8]
  • Taxon author citation: Fitzinger, 1860[9]

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Identifiers

Orcinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41520[10]. Orcinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9732[11]. Orcinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559272[12]. Orcinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440482[13]. Orcinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180468[14].

Why It Matters

Orcinus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Orcinus is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ginta Pankoka · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of latvia id → 000374968
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of latvia id: 000374968"
  2. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → orcinus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: orcinus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956871|orcinus (#289956871)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Taxon synonym → Orca
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Orcininae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007537270205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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