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Rhincodon

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Taxon monotypic_taxon Q17284129
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Rhincodon

Summary

Rhincodon is a monotypic taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Rhincodon's instance of is recorded as monotypic taxon[2].
  • Rhincodon is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Rhincodon is classified within Rhincodontidae[4].
  • Rhincodon's scientific name is Rhincodon[5].
  • Rhincodon's Commons category is recorded as Rhincodon typus[6].
  • Rhincodon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rhincodon[7].

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Classification

Rhincodon's scientific name is Rhincodon[5]. Rhincodon is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Rhincodon belongs to the parent taxon Rhincodontidae[4].

Identifiers

Rhincodon's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48841[8]. Rhincodon's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1849765[9]. Rhincodon's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559685[10]. Rhincodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2417521[11]. Rhincodon's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159855[12].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Australian faunal directory id → Rhincodon
    Ncbi taxonomy id → 1849765
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