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Bryde's Whale

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q221056
Bryde's Whale
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Summary

Bryde's Whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,862 views/month, #1,230 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bryde's Whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Bryde's Whale is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Johan Bryde is named after Bryde's Whale[5].
  • Bryde's Whale belongs to the parent taxon Balaenoptera[6].
  • Bryde's Whale's scientific name is Balaenoptera brydei[7].
  • Bryde's Whale's Commons category is recorded as Balaenoptera brydei[8].
  • Bryde's Whale's Commons gallery is recorded as Balaenoptera brydei[9].
  • Bryde's Whale's described by source is recorded as Critter of the Week[10].
  • Bryde's Whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. brydei'}[11].
  • Bryde's Whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鯨'}[12].
  • Bryde's Whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bryde's whale"}[13].
  • Bryde's Whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鲸'}[14].
  • Bryde's Whale's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[15].
  • Bryde's Whale's taxon range is recorded as Aurora do Pará[16].
  • Bryde's Whale's protonym of is recorded as Balaenoptera edeni brydei[17].

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Classification

Bryde's Whale's scientific name is Balaenoptera brydei[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Balaenoptera[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鯨'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bryde's whale"}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鲸'}[14].

Discovery and Description

Johan Bryde is named after Bryde's Whale[5].

Identifiers

Bryde's Whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 255365[18]. Bryde's Whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327947[19]. Bryde's Whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440715[20]. Bryde's Whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 612597[21].

Why It Matters

Bryde's Whale ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,862 views/month, #1,230 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 38 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: 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. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鯨'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bryde's whale"}, {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '布氏鲸'}
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  2. 18w ago · FlocciNivis · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist taxon id → 1453916
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  3. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → species
    Protonym of → Balaenoptera edeni brydei
    Described by source → Critter of the Week
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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