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Omura's whale

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Omura's whale

Summary

Omura's whale is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #1,458 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Omura's whale's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Omura's whale is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Omura's whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Data Deficient[5].
  • Omura's whale is classified within Balaenoptera[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Omura's whale is Balaenoptera omurai[7].
  • Omura's whale's Commons category is recorded as Balaenoptera omurai[8].
  • Omura's whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. omurai'}[9].
  • Omura's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dwarf fin whale'}[10].
  • Omura's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Omura’s Whale'}[11].
  • Omura's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Omurawal'}[12].
  • Omura's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大村鯨'}[13].
  • Omura's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大村鲸'}[14].
  • Omura's whale's taxon author citation is recorded as Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003[15].
  • Omura's whale's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix I of CITES[16].
  • Omura's whale's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[17].
  • Omura's whale's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[18].

Body

Classification

Omura's whale's scientific name is Balaenoptera omurai[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Balaenoptera[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dwarf fin whale'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Omura’s Whale'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Omurawal'}[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大村鯨'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大村鲸'}[14].

Identifiers

Omura's whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74104[19]. Omura's whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 255217[20]. Omura's whale's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559442[21]. Omura's whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440734[22]. Omura's whale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 770889[23].

Why It Matters

Omura's whale ranks in the top 0.75% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,038 views/month, #1,458 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Brazil

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. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . 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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