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Pyxis

genus of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q670769
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Pyxis

Summary

Pyxis is a taxon[1]. Pyxis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pyxis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pyxis is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pyxis belongs to the parent taxon Testudinidae[5].
  • Pyxis is endemic to Madagascar[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Pyxis is Pyxis[7].
  • Pyxis's Commons category is recorded as Pyxis[8].
  • Pyxis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pyxis (genus)[9].
  • Pyxis's different from is recorded as Pyxis[10].

Body

Classification

Pyxis's scientific name is Pyxis[7]. Pyxis is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pyxis is classified within Testudinidae[5].

Distribution

Pyxis is endemic to Madagascar[6].

Identifiers

Pyxis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40046[11]. Pyxis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 66192[12]. Pyxis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 19330[13]. Pyxis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2441850[14]. Pyxis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 208711[15].

Why It Matters

Pyxis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Pyxis has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Madagascar

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Testudinidae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
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