Cetacea

Summary

Cetacea is a taxon^[1]. Cetacea ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,871 views/month, #314 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cetacea's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Cetacea is classified at the rank of infraorder^[4].
• Cetacea is classified within Cetaceamorpha^[5].
• Cetacea's scientific name is Cetacea^[6].
• Cetacea is a type of mammal^[7].
• Cetacea's Commons category is recorded as Cetacea^[8].
• Cetacea comprises whale^[9].
• Cetacea began on -50000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Cetacea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cetaceans^[11].
• Cetacea's topic's main category is recorded as Q9658599^[12].
• Cetacea's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature^[13].
• Cetacea's main food source is recorded as zooplankton^[14].
• Cetacea's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Cetaceans^[15].
• Cetacea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Cetacea's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Cetacea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[18].
• Cetacea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Cetacea's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[20].
• Cetacea's has characteristic is recorded as cetacean intelligence^[21].
• Cetacea's this taxon is source of is recorded as whale oil^[22].
• Cetacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'حيتانيات'}^[23].
• Cetacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Китоподобни'}^[24].
• Cetacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kytovci'}^[25].
• Cetacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'Morfil'}^[26].
• Cetacea is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvaler'}^[27].

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Classification

Cetacea's scientific name is Cetacea^[6]. Cetacea is classified at the rank of infraorder^[4]. Cetacea belongs to the parent taxon Cetaceamorpha^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'حيتانيات'}^[23], {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Китоподобни'}^[24], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kytovci'}^[25], {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'Morfil'}^[26], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvaler'}^[27], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wale'}^[28].

Identifiers

Cetacea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9721^[29]. Cetacea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7649^[30]. Cetacea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 733^[31]. Cetacea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180403^[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Cetacea include Cetus^[33], a constellation^[34] and Cetacea Rocks^[35], an island^[36].

Why It Matters

Cetacea ranks in the top 0.16% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,871 views/month, #314 of 195,241).^[2] Cetacea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Cetacea is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Cetacea include Cetus^[33], a constellation^[34] and Cetacea Rocks^[35], an island^[36].