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Platypus

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q18289521
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Summary

Platypus is a taxon[1]. Platypus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (229 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Platypodinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Platypus[5]
  • Commons category: Platypus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Platypus[7]
  • Homonymous taxon: Platypus[8]

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Identifiers

Platypus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 251913[9]. Platypus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 122836[10]. Platypus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 49409[11]. Platypus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1204523[12]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 114893[13] and 609808[14].

Why It Matters

Platypus has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Platypus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . 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. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 114893, 609808
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Platypus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 609808, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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