Hippopotamidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q213336
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Hippopotamidae

Summary

Hippopotamidae is a taxon[1]. Hippopotamidae ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,194 views/month, #1,206 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hippopotamidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Hippopotamidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Hippopotamidae belongs to the parent taxon Artiodactyla[5].
  • Hippopotamidae is classified within Hippopotamoidea[6].
  • Hippopotamidae's scientific name is Hippopotamidae[7].
  • Hippopotamidae's Commons category is recorded as Hippopotamidae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Hippopotamidae is Hippopotamus[9].
  • Hippopotamidae began on -16000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Hippopotamidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hippopotamuses[11].
  • Hippopotamidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • Hippopotamidae's topic has template is recorded as Q25720559[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Hippopotamidae is Hippopotamidae[7]. Hippopotamidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Artiodactyla[5] and Hippopotamoidea[6]. The taxonomic type of Hippopotamidae is Hippopotamus[9].

Identifiers

Hippopotamidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42146[14]. Hippopotamidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9831[15]. Hippopotamidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7683[16]. Hippopotamidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5300[17]. Hippopotamidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 624917[18].

Why It Matters

Hippopotamidae ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,194 views/month, #1,206 of 195,241).[2] Hippopotamidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Hippopotamidae is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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