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Orcinus

genus of oceanic mammals
Taxon taxon Q2123883
Orcinus
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Orcinus

Summary

Orcinus is a taxon[1]. Orcinus ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (693 views/month, #1,350 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orcinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Orcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Orcinus is classified within Orcininae[5].
  • Orcinus's scientific name is Orcinus[6].
  • Orcinus's Commons category is recorded as Orcinus[7].
  • Orcinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orcinus[8].
  • Orcinus's taxon synonym is recorded as Orca[9].
  • Orcinus's taxon author citation is recorded as Fitzinger, 1860[10].

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Classification

Orcinus's scientific name is Orcinus[6]. Orcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Orcinus is classified within Orcininae[5].

Identifiers

Orcinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41520[11]. Orcinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9732[12]. Orcinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559272[13]. Orcinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440482[14]. Orcinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180468[15].

Why It Matters

Orcinus ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (693 views/month, #1,350 of 195,241).[2] Orcinus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Orcinus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . 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. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d 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)
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