Phoca

Summary

Phoca is a taxon^[1]. Phoca ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month, #1,555 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Phoca's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Phoca is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Phoca is classified within Phocidae^[5].
• Phoca is classified within Phocini^[6].
• Phoca's scientific name is Phoca^[7].
• Phoca's Commons category is recorded as Phoca^[8].
• Phoca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phoca^[9].
• Phoca's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[10].
• Phoca's topic has template is recorded as Template:Taxonomy/Phoca^[11].
• Phoca's different from is recorded as Foka^[12].
• Phoca's taxon author citation is recorded as Linnaeus, 1758^[13].

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Classification

Phoca's scientific name is Phoca^[7]. Phoca is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Phocidae^[5] and Phocini^[6].

Identifiers

Phoca's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41707^[14]. Phoca's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9717^[15]. Phoca's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559161^[16]. Phoca's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433485^[17]. Phoca's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180641^[18].

Why It Matters

Phoca ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (269 views/month, #1,555 of 195,241).^[2] Phoca has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Phoca is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]