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Necturus maculosus

species of amphibian
Taxon taxon Q604445
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Necturus maculosus

Summary

Necturus maculosus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (614 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Necturus maculosus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Necturus maculosus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Necturus maculosus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Necturus maculosus belongs to the parent taxon Necturus[6].
  • Necturus maculosus's scientific name is Necturus maculosus[7].
  • Necturus maculosus's Commons category is recorded as Necturus maculosus[8].
  • Necturus maculosus's described by source is recorded as Mud Puppy. Water Dog[9].
  • Necturus maculosus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. maculosus'}[10].
  • Necturus maculosus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common mudpuppy'}[11].
  • Necturus maculosus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mudpuppy'}[12].
  • Necturus maculosus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[13].
  • Necturus maculosus's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[14].

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Classification

Necturus maculosus's scientific name is Necturus maculosus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Necturus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common mudpuppy'}[11] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mudpuppy'}[12].

Identifiers

Necturus maculosus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27685[15]. Necturus maculosus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 42757[16]. Necturus maculosus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 313513[17]. Necturus maculosus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432048[18]. Necturus maculosus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173630[19].

Why It Matters

Necturus maculosus ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (614 views/month, #1,435 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [19] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Necturus
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Instance of → taxon
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563283905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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