Rice's whale

Summary

Rice's whale is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,265 views/month, #1,300 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rice's whale's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Rice's whale is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Dale W. Rice is named after Rice's whale^[5].
• Rice's whale's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered^[6].
• Rice's whale belongs to the parent taxon Balaenoptera^[7].
• Rice's whale's scientific name is Balaenoptera ricei^[8].
• Rice's whale's Commons category is recorded as Balaenoptera ricei^[9].
• Rice's whale's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'B. ricei'}^[10].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Rice's whale"}^[11].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rice-Brydewal'}^[12].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'לווייתן רייס'}^[13].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rorcual de Rice'}^[14].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Полосатик Райса'}^[15].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Cá voi Rice'}^[16].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gulf of Mexico whale'}^[17].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': "Rice's walvis"}^[18].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': "Rice's baleinwalvis"}^[19].
• Rice's whale is commonly known as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Balenottera di Rice'}^[20].

Body

Classification

Rice's whale's scientific name is Balaenoptera ricei^[8]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Balaenoptera^[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}^[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Rice-Brydewal'}^[12], {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'לווייתן רייס'}^[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Rorcual de Rice'}^[14], {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Полосатик Райса'}^[15], and {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'Cá voi Rice'}^[16].

Discovery and Description

Dale W. Rice is named after Rice's whale^[5].

Identifiers

Rice's whale's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 1239924^[21]. Rice's whale's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2746895^[22]. Rice's whale's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10840490^[23].

Why It Matters

Rice's whale ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,265 views/month, #1,300 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]