humpback whale

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q132905
humpback whale
Dr. Louis M. Herman. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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humpback whale

Summary

humpback whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,234 views/month, #59 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • humpback whale's video is recorded as Aerial view of three humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) near Cape Solander, New South Wales, Australia.webm[3].
  • humpback whale's image is recorded as Humpback whales in singing position.jpg[4].
  • humpback whale's image is recorded as 202312 Humpback whale.svg[5].
  • humpback whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[6].
  • humpback whale's audio is recorded as Humpback-Whale-Song-on-the-Southern-Ocean-Feeding-Grounds-Implications-for-Cultural-Transmission-pone.0079422.s003.oga[7].
  • humpback whale's taxon rank is recorded as species[8].
  • humpback whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[9].
  • humpback whale's parent taxon is recorded as Megaptera[10].
  • humpback whale's taxon range map image is recorded as Cypron-Range Megaptera novaeangliae.svg[11].
  • humpback whale's taxon name is recorded as Megaptera novaeangliae[12].
  • humpback whale's GND ID is recorded as 4146842-9[13].
  • humpback whale's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96002625[14].
  • humpback whale's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85062981[15].
  • humpback whale's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122513586[16].
  • humpback whale's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01210572[17].
  • humpback whale's Commons category is recorded as Megaptera novaeangliae[18].
  • humpback whale's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Xibarta.wav[19].
  • humpback whale's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D050640[20].
  • humpback whale's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 13006[21].
  • humpback whale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hq29[22].
  • humpback whale's MeSH tree code is recorded as B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.400[23].
  • humpback whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9773[24].
  • humpback whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180530[25].
  • humpback whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559444[26].
  • humpback whale's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20759[27].

Why It Matters

humpback whale ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,234 views/month, #59 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . sharkbay.org. Retrieved . sharkbay.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . sharkbay.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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  1. 23d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
    Cites appendix Appendix I of CITES
    Parent taxon Megaptera
    Instance of taxon
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