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Hector's beaked whale

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Taxon taxon Q1125014
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Hector's beaked whale

Summary

Hector's beaked whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hector's beaked whale's image is recorded as Hector27sBeakedWhale2.jpg[3].
  • Hector's beaked whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • Hector's beaked whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Data Deficient[6].
  • Hector's beaked whale's parent taxon is recorded as Mesoplodon[7].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon range map image is recorded as Cetacea range map Hectors Beaked Whale.png[8].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon name is recorded as Mesoplodon hectori[9].
  • Hector's beaked whale's Commons category is recorded as Mesoplodon hectori[10].
  • Hector's beaked whale's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 13248[11].
  • Hector's beaked whale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02005m[12].
  • Hector's beaked whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52112[13].
  • Hector's beaked whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180507[14].
  • Hector's beaked whale's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 81907[15].
  • Hector's beaked whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440394[16].
  • Hector's beaked whale's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 137125[17].
  • Hector's beaked whale's MSW ID is recorded as 14300165[18].
  • Hector's beaked whale's original combination is recorded as Berardius hectori[19].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hector’s Beaked Whale'}[20].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Vinonokkavalas'}[21].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ニュージーランドオウギハクジラ'}[22].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Hector gagalı balinası'}[23].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ballena De Pico De Héctor'}[24].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Zifio De Héctor'}[25].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Mésoplodon De Hector'}[26].
  • Hector's beaked whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Hector's Beaked Whale"}[27].

Why It Matters

Hector's beaked whale ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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