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Phascolarctos

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q209692
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Summary

Phascolarctos is a taxon[1]. Phascolarctos ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #1,557 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phascolarctos's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Phascolarctos is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Phascolarctos belongs to the parent taxon Phascolarctidae[5].
  • Phascolarctos is endemic to Australia[6].
  • Phascolarctos's scientific name is Phascolarctos[7].
  • Phascolarctos's Commons category is recorded as Phascolarctos[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Phascolarctos is Lipurus cinereus[9].
  • Phascolarctos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phascolarctos[10].
  • Phascolarctos's taxon author citation is recorded as de Blainville, 1816[11].
  • Phascolarctos's taxon author citation is recorded as Blainville, 1816[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Phascolarctos is Phascolarctos[7]. Phascolarctos is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Phascolarctos belongs to the parent taxon Phascolarctidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Phascolarctos is Lipurus cinereus[9].

Distribution

Phascolarctos is endemic to Australia[6].

Identifiers

Phascolarctos's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42982[13]. Phascolarctos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 38625[14]. Phascolarctos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15077[15]. Phascolarctos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440011[16]. Phascolarctos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552428[17].

Why It Matters

Phascolarctos ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month, #1,557 of 195,241).[2] Phascolarctos has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Phascolarctos is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Australia

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Phascolarctidae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Endemic to → Australia
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