Phocidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q25587
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Phocidae

Summary

Phocidae is a taxon[1]. Phocidae ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,298 views/month, #965 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phocidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Phocidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Phocidae belongs to the parent taxon Caniformia[5].
  • Phocidae is classified within Phocoidea[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Phocidae is Phocidae[7].
  • Phocidae is a type of Pinnipedia[8].
  • Phocidae's Commons category is recorded as Phocidae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Phocidae is Phoca[10].
  • Phocidae's Unicode character is recorded as 🦭[11].
  • Phocidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:True seals[12].
  • Phocidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Phocidae[13].
  • Phocidae's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • Phocidae's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[15].
  • Phocidae's topic has template is recorded as Template:Taxonomy/Phocidae[16].
  • Phocidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'selfamilien'}[17].
  • Phocidae's uses is recorded as galumphing[18].
  • Phocidae's permanent duplicated item is recorded as earless seal[19].
  • Phocidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

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Classification

Phocidae's scientific name is Phocidae[7]. Phocidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Caniformia[5] and Phocoidea[6]. The taxonomic type of Phocidae is Phoca[10]. Phocidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'selfamilien'}[17].

Identifiers

Phocidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41687[21]. Phocidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9709[22]. Phocidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7666[23]. Phocidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5310[24]. Phocidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180640[25].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Phocidae include Zealand[26], an island[27], in Denmark[28].

Why It Matters

Phocidae ranks in the top 0.49% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,298 views/month, #965 of 195,241).[2] Phocidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Phocidae is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Phocidae include Zealand[26], an island[27], in Denmark[28].

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 . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [24] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template Template:Taxonomy/Phocidae
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Parent taxon Caniformia, Phocoidea
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|12 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9962, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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