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Proteus

genus of amphibians
Taxon monotypic_taxon Q2743186
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Proteus

Summary

Proteus is a monotypic taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Proteus's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[2].
  • Proteus is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Proteus belongs to the parent taxon mudpuppy[4].
  • Proteus's scientific name is Proteus[5].
  • Proteus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proteus[6].
  • Proteus's different from is recorded as Proteus[7].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Proteus is Proteus[5]. Proteus is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Proteus belongs to the parent taxon mudpuppy[4].

Identifiers

Proteus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 27676[8]. Proteus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 210425[9]. Proteus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42738[10]. Proteus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432041[11]. Proteus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208252[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Interlingual index id → i43900
    Parent taxon → mudpuppy
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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