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Pusa

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Taxon taxon Q310863
Pusa
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Summary

Pusa is a taxon[1]. Pusa ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,322 views/month, #1,566 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Phocidae[4]
  • Taxon name: Pusa[5]
  • Commons category: Pusa[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pusa[7]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8]

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Identifiers

Pusa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41688[9]. Pusa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 693430[10]. Pusa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434764[11]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 621841[12] and 613096[13].

Why It Matters

Pusa has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Pusa is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Itis tsn → 621841, 613096
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Pusa
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 613096, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
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