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Potamogale

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q18175529
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Potamogale

Summary

Potamogale is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Potamogale's instance of is recorded as taxon[2].
  • Potamogale is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Potamogale belongs to the parent taxon Potamogalinae[4].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Potamogale is Potamogale[5].
  • Potamogale's Commons category is recorded as Potamogale[6].
  • The taxonomic type of Potamogale is Cynogale velox[7].
  • Potamogale's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Potamogale[8].

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Classification

Potamogale's scientific name is Potamogale[5]. Potamogale is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Potamogale is classified within Potamogalinae[4]. The taxonomic type of Potamogale is Cynogale velox[7].

Identifiers

Potamogale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42467[9]. Potamogale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 176118[10]. Potamogale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432146[11]. Potamogale's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633433[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fossilworks taxon id → 231777
    Topic's main category → Category:Potamogale
    Yale lux id → concept/ec17dff8-0ab9-4bcf-a4ea-feaf542f6af8
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007537621805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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