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tiger shark

species of fish
Taxon taxon Q188212
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Summary

tiger shark is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,074 views/month, #395 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Galeocerdo[5]
  • Taxon name: Galeocerdo cuvier[6]
  • Commons category: Galeocerdo cuvier[7]
  • Start time: -23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Galeocerdo cuvier[9]
  • Commons gallery: Galeocerdo cuvier[10]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/abf8082d-c179-4cb2-acc4-3cdef16c4341[11]
  • Original combination: Squalus cuvier[12]
  • Taxon common name: Tiger shark[13], 鼬鯊[14], 虎沙[15], 鼬鮫[16], 爛沙[17], 鳥鯊[18], tiburón tigre[19], Tigerhai[20]
  • Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01491361-n[21], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/101494106-n[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[25], New Guinea[26]
  • NZTCS conservation status: migrant[27]

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Identifiers

tiger shark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52299[28]. tiger shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7819[29]. tiger shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559811[30]. tiger shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2418234[31]. tiger shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 160189[32].

Why It Matters

tiger shark has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Brazil New Guinea

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . gbif.org. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . New Zealand Threat Classification System Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tiger-shark
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tiger-shark, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970324|tiger shark (#289970324)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0253338-zralok-tygri
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
    Topic's main category → Category:Galeocerdo cuvier
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0253338-zralok-tygri, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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