nurse shark

species of elasmobranch fish
Taxon taxon Q756859
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nurse shark

Summary

nurse shark is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,032 views/month, #1,006 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • nurse shark's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • nurse shark is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • nurse shark's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • nurse shark is classified within Ginglymostoma[6].
  • nurse shark's scientific name is Ginglymostoma cirratum[7].
  • nurse shark's Commons category is recorded as Ginglymostoma cirratum[8].
  • nurse shark began on -112000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • nurse shark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ginglymostoma cirratum[10].
  • nurse shark's Commons gallery is recorded as Ginglymostoma cirratum[11].
  • nurse shark's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'G. cirratum'}[12].
  • nurse shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nurse shark'}[13].
  • nurse shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Gata'}[14].
  • nurse shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tiburón-gata'}[15].
  • nurse shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nurse Shark'}[16].
  • nurse shark is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'tiburón bocagonciu'}[17].
  • nurse shark's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[18].

Body

Classification

nurse shark's scientific name is Ginglymostoma cirratum[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Ginglymostoma[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nurse shark'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Gata'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Tiburón-gata'}[15], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'tiburón bocagonciu'}[17].

Identifiers

nurse shark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49964[19]. nurse shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7801[20]. nurse shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 994810[21]. nurse shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2417495[22]. nurse shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159977[23].

Why It Matters

nurse shark ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,032 views/month, #1,006 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [21] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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