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pilot whale

genus of dolphins in the order Cetacea
Taxon taxon Q459616
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pilot whale

Summary

pilot whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,871 views/month, #699 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • pilot whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • pilot whale is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • pilot whale belongs to the parent taxon Globicephalinae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, pilot whale is Globicephala[6].
  • pilot whale is part of Blackfish[7].
  • pilot whale's Commons category is recorded as Globicephala[8].
  • The taxonomic type of pilot whale is Delphinus globiceps[9].
  • pilot whale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Globicephala[10].
  • pilot whale's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • pilot whale's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • pilot whale's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • pilot whale's taxon author citation is recorded as Lesson, 1828[14].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, pilot whale is Globicephala[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It is classified within Globicephalinae[5]. The taxonomic type of it is Delphinus globiceps[9].

Identifiers

pilot whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41528[15]. pilot whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9729[16]. pilot whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39486[17]. pilot whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440595[18]. pilot whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180464[19].

Why It Matters

pilot whale ranks in the top 0.36% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,871 views/month, #699 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . 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. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Delphinus globiceps
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