Chelus

genus of South American turtles in the family Chelidae
Taxon taxon Q14566138
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Chelus

Summary

Chelus is a taxon[1]. Chelus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chelus's image is recorded as 2009 Chelus fimbriatus.JPG[3].
  • Chelus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Chelus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Chelus's parent taxon is recorded as Chelinae[6].
  • Chelus's taxon name is recorded as Chelus[7].
  • Chelus's Commons category is recorded as Chelus[8].
  • Chelus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 44494[9].
  • Chelus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208720[10].
  • Chelus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83728[11].
  • Chelus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 37611[12].
  • Chelus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441926[13].
  • Chelus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 1358274[14].
  • Chelus's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as B8C9C955-ECF8-4015-A0E4-E39AC0449549[15].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Fransenschildkröte'}[16].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mata Mata'}[17].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'マタマタ属'}[18].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Matamata'}[19].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Matamata'}[20].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Mata Mata'}[21].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เต่าก้อนหินยักษ์'}[22].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เต่าใบไม้'}[23].
  • Chelus's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'เต่ามาตามาตา'}[24].
  • Chelus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bw5_lj6d[25].
  • Chelus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39602[26].
  • Chelus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 171553[27].

Why It Matters

Chelus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month, #1,607 of 195,241).[2] Chelus has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Chelus is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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