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melon-headed whale

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melon-headed whale

Summary

melon-headed whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month, #1,426 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • melon-headed whale's image is recorded as Peponocephala electra Mayotte.jpg[3].
  • melon-headed whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • melon-headed whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • melon-headed whale's parent taxon is recorded as Peponocephala[7].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon range map image is recorded as Cetacea range map Melon-headed Whale.PNG[8].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon name is recorded as Peponocephala electra[9].
  • melon-headed whale's part of is recorded as Blackfish[10].
  • melon-headed whale's Commons category is recorded as Peponocephala electra[11].
  • melon-headed whale's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 16564[12].
  • melon-headed whale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0284nl[13].
  • melon-headed whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 103596[14].
  • melon-headed whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180459[15].
  • melon-headed whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559275[16].
  • melon-headed whale's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20823[17].
  • melon-headed whale's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 63581[18].
  • melon-headed whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440470[19].
  • melon-headed whale's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 137103[20].
  • melon-headed whale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peponocephala electra[21].
  • melon-headed whale's Commons gallery is recorded as Peponocephala electra[22].
  • melon-headed whale's MSW ID is recorded as 14300076[23].
  • melon-headed whale's original combination is recorded as Lagenorhynchus electra[24].
  • melon-headed whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. electra'}[25].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Melon-headed whale'}[26].
  • melon-headed whale's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Calderón Pequeño'}[27].

Why It Matters

melon-headed whale ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month, #1,426 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 44 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ARKive. 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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