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humpback whale

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

humpback whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,213 views/month, #59 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Megaptera[5]
  • Taxon name: Megaptera novaeangliae[6]
  • Commons category: Megaptera novaeangliae[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Individual humpback whales[8]
  • Commons gallery: Megaptera novaeangliae[9]
  • Main food source: Euphausiacea[10], Atlantic mackerel[11], zooplankton[12]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14]
  • Original combination: Balaena novaeangliae[15]
  • Taxon synonym: Megaptera longipinna[16], Balaena nodosa[17]
  • Short name: M. novaeangliae[18]
  • Taxon common name: Humpback whale[19], keporkak[20], Pukkelhval[21], Buckelwal[22], Ryhävalas[23], Baleine à bosse[24], jubarte[25], megaptère[26], Koholā[27], לווייתן גדול סנפיר[28], Paus Bungkuk[29], Hnúfubakur[30], Megattera[31], ザトウクジラ[32]

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Identifiers

humpback whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9773[33]. humpback whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559444[34]. humpback whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220086[35]. humpback whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180530[36].

Why It Matters

humpback whale has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 126 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . sharkbay.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . sharkbay.org. Retrieved . sharkbay.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . sharkbay.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . The List of Standard Japanese Names of World Mammals. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → Q120446
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  2. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → humpback-whale
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: humpback-whale, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933571|humpback whale (#289933571)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3rpeih
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  4. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 23w 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
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