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Thylacinus

genus of mammals
Taxon extinct_taxon Q194340
Thylacinus
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Thylacinus

Summary

Thylacinus is an extinct taxon[1]. Thylacinus draws 244 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_taxon category, ranking #46 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thylacinus's instance of is recorded as extinct taxon[3].
  • Thylacinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Thylacinus belongs to the parent taxon Thylacinidae[5].
  • Thylacinus's scientific name is Thylacinus[6].
  • Thylacinus's Commons category is recorded as Thylacinus[7].
  • Thylacinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Thylacinus[8].
  • Thylacinus's Commons gallery is recorded as Thylacinus[9].
  • Thylacinus's taxon author citation is recorded as Temminck, 1824[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Thylacinus is Thylacinus[6]. Thylacinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Thylacinus is classified within Thylacinidae[5].

Identifiers

Thylacinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40266[11]. Thylacinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9274[12]. Thylacinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13861[13]. Thylacinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435473[14]. Thylacinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552402[15].

Why It Matters

Thylacinus draws 244 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_taxon category, ranking #46 of 175).[2] Thylacinus has Wikipedia articles in 19 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. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . 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. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Thylacinidae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → extinct taxon
    Temporal range end → Q25445
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007556102505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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