Morus

genus of birds, the gannets
Taxon taxon Q1651414
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Morus

Summary

Morus is a taxon[1]. Morus ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,950 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Morus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Morus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Morus is classified within Sulidae[5].
  • Morus's scientific name is Morus[6].
  • Morus's Commons category is recorded as Morus (Aves)[7].
  • Morus's said to be the same as is recorded as Guga[8].
  • Morus began on -20000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Morus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gannets[10].
  • Morus's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 23(1)[11].
  • Morus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • Morus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桑属'}[13].
  • Morus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Morus[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Morus is Morus[6]. Morus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Morus belongs to the parent taxon Sulidae[5]. Morus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桑属'}[13].

Identifiers

Morus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3800[15]. Morus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37577[16]. Morus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 104263[17]. Morus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480962[18]. Morus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174698[19].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Morus include Fossar de les Moreres[20], a square[21], in Spain[22].

Why It Matters

Morus ranks in the top 0.64% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,950 views/month, #1,241 of 195,241).[2] Morus has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Morus is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for Morus include Fossar de les Moreres[20], a square[21], in Spain[22].

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 . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 23(1). wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . 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. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桑属'}
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    Described by source Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 23(1), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Homonymous taxon Morus
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