Anser

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q183361
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Anser

Summary

Anser is a taxon[1]. Anser ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Anser's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Anser is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Anser belongs to the parent taxon Anserini[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Anser is Anser[6].
  • Anser's Commons category is recorded as Anser[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Anser is Greylag Goose[8].
  • Anser's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Anser (bird)[9].
  • Anser's Commons gallery is recorded as Anser[10].
  • Anser's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • Anser's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Anser's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[13].
  • Anser's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Anser's different from is recorded as Anserini[15].

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Classification

Anser's scientific name is Anser[6]. Anser is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Anser belongs to the parent taxon Anserini[5]. The taxonomic type of Anser is Greylag Goose[8].

Identifiers

Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 7006[16] and 472287[17]. Anser's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8842[18]. Anser's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510524[19]. Anser's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498016[20]. Anser's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175019[21].

Why It Matters

Anser ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month, #1,428 of 195,241).[2] Anser has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Anser is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Different from Anserini
    Aliases
    Taxonomic type Greylag Goose
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39055, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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