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Ornithorhynchus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q3745848
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Ornithorhynchus

Summary

Ornithorhynchus is a taxon[1]. Ornithorhynchus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (187 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ornithorhynchus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ornithorhynchus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Ornithorhynchus is classified within Ornithorhynchidae[5].
  • Ornithorhynchus's scientific name is Ornithorhynchus[6].
  • Ornithorhynchus's Commons category is recorded as Ornithorhynchus anatinus[7].
  • Ornithorhynchus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ornithorhynchus anatinus[8].
  • Ornithorhynchus's taxon author citation is recorded as Blumenbach, 1800[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ornithorhynchus is Ornithorhynchus[6]. Ornithorhynchus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Ornithorhynchus belongs to the parent taxon Ornithorhynchidae[5].

Identifiers

Ornithorhynchus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43235[10]. Ornithorhynchus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9257[11]. Ornithorhynchus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 41542[12]. Ornithorhynchus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433375[13]. Ornithorhynchus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552383[14].

Why It Matters

Ornithorhynchus ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (187 views/month, #1,586 of 195,241).[2] Ornithorhynchus has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Ornithorhynchus is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . 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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  1. 9d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i45154
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01875785-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  2. 16w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ornithorhynchus anatinus
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Instance of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge [[Q70893996]] from plwiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
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