scorpion

order of arachnids
Taxon taxon Q19125
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Summary

scorpion is a taxon[1]. scorpion ranks in the top 0.1% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,008 views/month, #195 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Arachnopulmonata[4]
  • Taxon name: Scorpiones[5]
  • Commons category: Scorpiones[6]
  • Unicode character: 🦂[7]
  • Start time: -435000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scorpions[9]
  • Commons gallery: Scorpion[10]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[19]
  • This taxon is source of: scorpion as food[20]
  • Taxon common name: Scorpions[21], skorpioner[22], скорпіон[23], ščipalci[24]
  • Studied by: scorpiology[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/scorpion[27]

Body

Identifiers

scorpion's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48894[28]. scorpion's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6855[29]. scorpion's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8542[30]. scorpion's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 872[31]. scorpion's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82713[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for scorpion include Scorpius[33], a Chinese constellation[34]; scorpion kick[35], a sport[36], in Paraguay[37]; Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade[38], a special forces brigade[39], in Kyrgyzstan[40], founded in 1994[41], headquartered in Tokmok[42]; and ABC Scorpion[43], an engine model[44].

Why It Matters

scorpion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] scorpion is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for scorpion include Scorpius[33], a Chinese constellation[34]; scorpion kick[35], a sport[36], in Paraguay[37]; Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade[38], a special forces brigade[39], in Kyrgyzstan[40], founded in 1994[41], headquartered in Tokmok[42]; and ABC Scorpion[43], an engine model[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . medicalrecords.com. medicalrecords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2857
    Subreddit → Scorpions
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2857, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q292282
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292282, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 13351
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 13351, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167484296|SCORPION (#167484296)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]]"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0279718-stiri
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0279718-stiri, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -435000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +6
    Instance of → —
    This taxon is source of → scorpion as food
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 15820, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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