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Brugia

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Brugia

Summary

Brugia is a taxon[1]. Brugia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brugia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Brugia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Brugia belongs to the parent taxon Onchocercidae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Brugia is Brugia[6].
  • Brugia's Commons category is recorded as Brugia[7].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Brugia is Brugia[6]. Brugia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Brugia belongs to the parent taxon Onchocercidae[5].

Identifiers

Brugia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 417533[8]. Brugia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6278[9]. Brugia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2921742[10]. Brugia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4630856[11].

Why It Matters

Brugia ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] Brugia is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . On Brugia gen. nov. for Wuchereria spp. of the 'malayl' group, i.e., W. malayi (Brug, 1927), W. pahangi Buckley and Edeson, 1956, and W. patei Buckley, Nelson and Heisch, 1958.. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wellcome collection concept id → uje9njb6
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Onchocercidae
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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