fin whale

baleen whale, and second-largest mammal species
Taxon taxon Q179020
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fin whale

Summary

fin whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month, #647 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • fin whale's image is recorded as LMazzuca Fin Whale.jpg[3].
  • fin whale's image is recorded as Finhval.jpg[4].
  • fin whale's image is recorded as Rorcual común (Balaenoptera physalus).jpg[5].
  • fin whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • fin whale's taxon rank is recorded as species[7].
  • fin whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[8].
  • fin whale's parent taxon is recorded as Balaenoptera[9].
  • fin whale's taxon range map image is recorded as Balaenoptera physalus - distribution range.svg[10].
  • fin whale's taxon name is recorded as Balaenoptera physalus[11].
  • fin whale's GND ID is recorded as 4154448-1[12].
  • fin whale's subclass of is recorded as Balaenidae[13].
  • fin whale's Commons category is recorded as Balaenoptera physalus[14].
  • fin whale's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Zere arrunt.wav[15].
  • fin whale's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D050617[16].
  • fin whale's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 2478[17].
  • fin whale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hj3w[18].
  • fin whale's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.100.350[19].
  • fin whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9770[20].
  • fin whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180527[21].
  • fin whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559438[22].
  • fin whale's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20761[23].
  • fin whale's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 64490[24].
  • fin whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440718[25].
  • fin whale's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 137091[26].
  • fin whale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balaenoptera physalus[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for fin whale include USS Finback[28], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[29].

Why It Matters

fin whale ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,838 views/month, #647 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include USS Finback[28], a nuclear-powered attack submarine[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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