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Sarcophilus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q937821
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Sarcophilus

Summary

Sarcophilus is a taxon[1]. Sarcophilus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sarcophilus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sarcophilus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Sarcophilus belongs to the parent taxon Dasyurini[5].
  • Sarcophilus's scientific name is Sarcophilus[6].
  • Sarcophilus's Commons category is recorded as Sarcophilus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Sarcophilus is Sarcophilus laniarius[8].
  • Sarcophilus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sarcophilus[9].
  • Sarcophilus's taxon author citation is recorded as Cuvier, 1837[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sarcophilus is Sarcophilus[6]. Sarcophilus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Sarcophilus is classified within Dasyurini[5]. The taxonomic type of Sarcophilus is Sarcophilus laniarius[8].

Identifiers

Sarcophilus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40230[11]. Sarcophilus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9304[12]. Sarcophilus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39480[13]. Sarcophilus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435450[14]. Sarcophilus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552417[15].

Why It Matters

Sarcophilus ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #1,568 of 195,241).[2] Sarcophilus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . 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. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Sarcophilus laniarius
    Parent taxon → Dasyurini
    Instance of → taxon
    Temporal range start → Q25546
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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