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Monodontidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q219419
Monodontidae
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Monodontidae

Summary

Monodontidae is a taxon[1]. Monodontidae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (724 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Monodontidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Monodontidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Monodontidae belongs to the parent taxon Delphinoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Monodontidae is Monodontidae[6].
  • Monodontidae's Commons category is recorded as Monodontidae[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Monodontidae is Monodon[8].
  • Monodontidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monodontidae[9].
  • Monodontidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[10].
  • Monodontidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'narhvalfamilien'}[11].

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Classification

Monodontidae's scientific name is Monodontidae[6]. Monodontidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Monodontidae is classified within Delphinoidea[5]. The taxonomic type of Monodontidae is Monodon[8]. Monodontidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'narhvalfamilien'}[11].

Identifiers

Monodontidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41457[12]. Monodontidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9747[13]. Monodontidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7655[14]. Monodontidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5445[15]. Monodontidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180481[16].

Why It Matters

Monodontidae ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (724 views/month, #1,376 of 195,241).[2] Monodontidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Monodontidae is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    Temporal range start → Q76267
    Taxonomic type → Monodon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21351, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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