Alligator

Summary

Alligator is a taxon^[1]. Alligator has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Alligator's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Alligator is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Alligator belongs to the parent taxon Alligatorinae^[5].
• Alligator's scientific name is Alligator^[6].
• Alligator is a type of Reptilia^[7].
• Alligator's Commons category is recorded as Alligator^[8].
• Alligator began on -37000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Alligator's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alligator^[10].
• Alligator's Commons gallery is recorded as Alligator^[11].
• Alligator's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• Alligator's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[13].
• Alligator's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• Alligator's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[15].
• Alligator's this taxon is source of is recorded as alligator meat^[16].
• Alligator's different from is recorded as crocodile^[17].
• Alligator's different from is recorded as motorcycle^[18].
• Alligator's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[19].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Alligator is Alligator^[6]. Alligator is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Alligator is classified within Alligatorinae^[5].

Identifiers

Alligator's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 26154^[20]. Alligator's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8495^[21]. Alligator's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35688^[22]. Alligator's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441367^[23]. Alligator's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174366^[24].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Alligator include Kamov Ka-52 Alligator^[25], an aircraft model^[26] and alligator wrestling^[27], in United States^[28].

Why It Matters

Alligator has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Alligator is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for Alligator include Kamov Ka-52 Alligator^[25], an aircraft model^[26] and alligator wrestling^[27], in United States^[28].