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Castoridae

family of rodents (Rodentia)
Taxon taxon Q261363
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Castoridae

Summary

Castoridae is a taxon[1]. Castoridae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month, #1,520 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castoridae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Castoridae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Castoridae is classified within Castorimorpha[5].
  • Castoridae belongs to the parent taxon Castoroidea[6].
  • Castoridae's scientific name is Castoridae[7].
  • Castoridae's Commons category is recorded as Castoridae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Castoridae is beaver[9].
  • Castoridae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beavers[10].
  • Castoridae's main food source is recorded as leaf[11].
  • Castoridae's main food source is recorded as Poaceae[12].
  • Castoridae's main food source is recorded as woody plant[13].
  • Castoridae's main food source is recorded as Salix[14].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biber'}[15].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biberartige'}[16].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beaver'}[17].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'kastoredo'}[18].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'beverfamilien'}[19].
  • Castoridae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bobri'}[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Castoridae is Castoridae[7]. Castoridae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Castorimorpha[5] and Castoroidea[6]. The taxonomic type of Castoridae is beaver[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biber'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Biberartige'}[16], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'beaver'}[17], {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'kastoredo'}[18], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'beverfamilien'}[19], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'bobri'}[20].

Identifiers

Castoridae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 43791[21]. Castoridae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29132[22]. Castoridae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8684[23]. Castoridae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5493[24]. Castoridae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180210[25].

Why It Matters

Castoridae ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (578 views/month, #1,520 of 195,241).[2] Castoridae has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Castoridae is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0426939-bobroviti
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Beavers
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0426939-bobroviti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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