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Necturus

genus of amphibians
Taxon taxon Q641652
Necturus
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Necturus

Summary

Necturus is a taxon[1]. Necturus ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (404 views/month, #1,498 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Necturus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Necturus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Necturus is classified within mudpuppy[5].
  • Necturus's scientific name is Necturus[6].
  • Necturus's Commons category is recorded as Necturus[7].
  • Necturus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Necturus[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Necturus is Necturus[6]. Necturus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Necturus belongs to the parent taxon mudpuppy[5].

Identifiers

Necturus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27679[9]. Necturus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42756[10]. Necturus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 39985[11]. Necturus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432045[12]. Necturus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173624[13].

Why It Matters

Necturus ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (404 views/month, #1,498 of 195,241).[2] Necturus has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Necturus 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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . 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. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → mudpuppy
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563284105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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