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Mesoplodon

genus of beaked whales
Taxon taxon Q243810
Mesoplodon
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Mesoplodon

Summary

Mesoplodon is a taxon[1]. Mesoplodon ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mesoplodon's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mesoplodon is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Mesoplodon belongs to the parent taxon Hyperoodontinae[5].
  • Mesoplodon's scientific name is Mesoplodon[6].
  • Mesoplodon's Commons category is recorded as Mesoplodon[7].
  • Mesoplodon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mesoplodont whales[8].
  • Mesoplodon's taxon author citation is recorded as Gervais, 1850[9].

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Classification

Mesoplodon's scientific name is Mesoplodon[6]. Mesoplodon is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Mesoplodon belongs to the parent taxon Hyperoodontinae[5].

Identifiers

Mesoplodon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41402[10]. Mesoplodon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9757[11]. Mesoplodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440393[12]. Mesoplodon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180506[13].

Why It Matters

Mesoplodon ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (252 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Mesoplodon has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Mesoplodon is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
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