Mustelidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q25437
Mustelidae
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Mustelidae

Summary

Mustelidae is a taxon[1]. Mustelidae ranks in the top 0.055% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,986 views/month, #108 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mustelidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mustelidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • weasel is named after Mustelidae[5].
  • Mustelidae belongs to the parent taxon Musteloidea[6].
  • Mustelidae belongs to the parent taxon Caniformia[7].
  • Mustelidae's scientific name is Mustelidae[8].
  • Mustelidae's Commons category is recorded as Mustelidae[9].
  • Mustelidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mustelidae[10].
  • Mustelidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q9032831[11].
  • Mustelidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • Mustelidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • Mustelidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • Mustelidae's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Mustelidae's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mustelidae nav[16].
  • Mustelidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'weasel family'}[17].
  • Mustelidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'mårfamilien'}[18].
  • Mustelidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kune'}[19].
  • Mustelidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'łasicowate'}[20].
  • Mustelidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mustelidae is Mustelidae[8]. Mustelidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Musteloidea[6] and Caniformia[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'weasel family'}[17], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'mårfamilien'}[18], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kune'}[19], and {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'łasicowate'}[20].

Discovery and Description

weasel is named after Mustelidae[5].

Identifiers

Mustelidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41770[22]. Mustelidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9655[23]. Mustelidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7670[24]. Mustelidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5307[25]. Mustelidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180545[26].

Why It Matters

Mustelidae ranks in the top 0.055% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,986 views/month, #108 of 195,241).[2] Mustelidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Mustelidae is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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    Topic has template Template:Mustelidae nav
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1791, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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