Elseya

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q2708967
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Elseya

Summary

Elseya is a taxon[1]. Elseya ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elseya's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Elseya is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey is named after Elseya[5].
  • Elseya belongs to the parent taxon Chelodininae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Elseya is Elseya[7].
  • Elseya's Commons category is recorded as Elseya[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Elseya is Elseya dentata[9].
  • Elseya's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elseya[10].
  • Elseya's taxon author citation is recorded as Gray, 1867[11].
  • Elseya's homonymous taxon is recorded as Elseya[12].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Elseya is Elseya[7]. Elseya is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Elseya belongs to the parent taxon Chelodininae[6]. The taxonomic type of Elseya is Elseya dentata[9].

Discovery and Description

Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey is named after Elseya[5].

Identifiers

Elseya's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 39649[13]. Elseya's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 44496[14]. Elseya's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 35654[15]. Elseya's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2442115[16]. Elseya's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208716[17].

Why It Matters

Elseya ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month, #1,609 of 195,241).[2] Elseya has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Elseya is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Homonymous taxon → Elseya
    Parent taxon → Chelodininae
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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