Caspian turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q848321
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Summary

Caspian turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Caspian turtle's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Caspian turtle is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Caspian turtle is classified within Mauremys[5].
  • Caspian turtle's scientific name is Mauremys caspica[6].
  • Caspian turtle's Commons category is recorded as Mauremys caspica[7].
  • Caspian turtle's short name is recorded as M. caspica[8].
  • Caspian turtle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[9].
  • Caspian turtle's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[10].

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Classification

Caspian turtle's scientific name is Mauremys caspica[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Mauremys[5].

Identifiers

Caspian turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39972[11]. Caspian turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 202459[12]. Caspian turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 791491[13]. Caspian turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2443374[14]. Caspian turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 551928[15].

Why It Matters

Caspian turtle ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month, #1,571 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sealifebase id → 67318
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  2. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Mauremys
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49068|batch #49068]]"
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