Borophagus

extinct genus of the subfamily Borophaginae
Taxon fossil_taxon Q137418
Borophagus
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Borophagus

Summary

Borophagus is a fossil taxon[1]. Borophagus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Borophagus's image is recorded as Borophagus cyonoides 1.jpg[3].
  • Borophagus's image is recorded as Borophagus cropped.png[4].
  • Borophagus's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[5].
  • Borophagus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[6].
  • Borophagus's parent taxon is recorded as Borophagina[7].
  • Borophagus's taxon range map image is recorded as Borophagus diversidens range.png[8].
  • Borophagus's taxon name is recorded as Borophagus[9].
  • Borophagus's Commons category is recorded as Borophagus[10].
  • Borophagus's taxonomic type is recorded as Borophagus diversidens[11].
  • Borophagus's start time is recorded as -12000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Borophagus's end time is recorded as -2000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Borophagus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b5tp1[14].
  • Borophagus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4445026[15].
  • Borophagus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 41196[16].
  • Borophagus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4833511[17].
  • Borophagus's IRMNG ID is recorded as 1437926[18].
  • Borophagus's Fandom article ID is recorded as prehistoric-wiki:Borophagus[19].
  • Borophagus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779610310[20].
  • Borophagus's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 3612520[21].
  • Borophagus's Paleobiology Database taxon ID is recorded as 41196[22].
  • Borophagus's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/9f69ccd8-5982-48d0-90f0-0268e62c2f94[23].

Why It Matters

Borophagus ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2] Borophagus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Borophagus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · PePeEfe · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Borophagina
    Instance of
    Taxonomic type Borophagus diversidens
    Taxon synonym Q11057820
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1420]]: [[Q11057820]]"
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