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leatherback sea turtle

species of reptile
Taxon taxon Q120043
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Summary

leatherback sea turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,550 views/month, #1,145 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[4]
  • Parent taxon: Dermochelys[5]
  • Taxon name: Dermochelys coriacea[6]
  • Commons category: Dermochelys coriacea[7]
  • Start time: -12000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • Commons gallery: Dermochelys coriacea[9]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10]
  • Original combination: Testudo coriacea[11]
  • Short name: D. coriacea[12]
  • Taxon common name: Leatherback turtle[13], Lederschildkröte[14], Δερματοχελώνα[15], Leddorsa martestudo[16], Tortuga laúd[17], Tortue luth[18], צב ים גילדי[19], Sedmopruga usminjača[20], Kérgesteknős[21], Tartaruga liuto[22], オサガメ[23], 장수거북[24], Lederschildpad[25], Havlærskilpadde[26]

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Identifiers

leatherback sea turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27794[27]. leatherback sea turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559482[28]. leatherback sea turtle's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441866[29]. leatherback sea turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173843[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for leatherback sea turtle include Trunk Cay[31], an islet[32], in United States[33].

Why It Matters

leatherback sea turtle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include Trunk Cay[31], an islet[32], in United States[33].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . 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. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · TerrorBite · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14516 → endangered
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14516: endangered, Added EPBC conservation status (P14516) using data from https://www.environment.gov.au"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01668182-n
    Interlingual index id → i44051
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → leatherback-turtle
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: leatherback-turtle, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947482|leatherback turtle (#289947482)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
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