narwhal

medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic
Taxon taxon Q159426
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narwhal

Summary

narwhal is a taxon[1]. narwhal ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,715 views/month, #58 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • narwhal's image is recorded as Нарвал в российской Арктике.jpg[3].
  • narwhal's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • narwhal's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • narwhal's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • narwhal's parent taxon is recorded as Monodon[7].
  • narwhal's taxon range map image is recorded as Monodon monoceros map.svg[8].
  • narwhal's taxon name is recorded as Monodon monoceros[9].
  • narwhal's GND ID is recorded as 4171178-6[10].
  • narwhal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85089872[11].
  • narwhal's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12469120f[12].
  • narwhal's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 001163926[13].
  • narwhal's Commons category is recorded as Monodon monoceros[14].
  • narwhal's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 2845[15].
  • narwhal's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 13704[16].
  • narwhal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f0hb[17].
  • narwhal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 40151[18].
  • narwhal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180485[19].
  • narwhal's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559339[20].
  • narwhal's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 20781[21].
  • narwhal's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 64546[22].
  • narwhal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5220008[23].
  • narwhal's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 137116[24].
  • narwhal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monodon monoceros[25].
  • narwhal's Commons gallery is recorded as Monodon monoceros[26].
  • narwhal's MSW ID is recorded as 14300107[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for narwhal include USS Narwhal[28], a nuclear submarine[29], in United States[30]; Russian Narval-class submarine[31], a submarine class[32]; and HMS Spur[33], an attack submarine[34].

Why It Matters

narwhal ranks in the top 0.03% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,715 views/month, #58 of 195,241).[2] narwhal has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] narwhal is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for narwhal include USS Narwhal[28], a nuclear submarine[29], in United States[30]; Russian Narval-class submarine[31], a submarine class[32]; and HMS Spur[33], an attack submarine[34].

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] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . 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. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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