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alligators and caimans

family of crocodilians
Taxon taxon Q6184764
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alligators and caimans

Summary

alligators and caimans is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month, #1,262 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • alligators and caimans's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • alligators and caimans is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • alligators and caimans is classified within Globidonta[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, alligators and caimans is Alligatoridae[6].
  • alligators and caimans's Commons category is recorded as Alligatoridae[7].
  • alligators and caimans began on -83000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • alligators and caimans's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alligatoridae[9].
  • alligators and caimans's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • alligators and caimans's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • alligators and caimans's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • alligators and caimans's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • alligators and caimans is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'aligatorowate'}[14].

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Classification

alligators and caimans's scientific name is Alligatoridae[6]. It is classified at the rank of family[4]. It is classified within Globidonta[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'aligatorowate'}[14].

Identifiers

alligators and caimans's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 121038[15]. alligators and caimans's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1294636[16]. alligators and caimans's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2820255[17]. alligators and caimans's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3238603[18]. alligators and caimans's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174365[19].

Why It Matters

alligators and caimans ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month, #1,262 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . 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] ↑ . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Temporal range start → Q44626
    Parent taxon → Globidonta
    Start time → —
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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