Spheniscus

genus of birds
Taxon taxon Q902912
Spheniscus
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Spheniscus

Summary

Spheniscus is a taxon[1]. Spheniscus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spheniscus's image is recorded as African.penguin.bristol.750pix (Pingstone).jpg[3].
  • Spheniscus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Spheniscus's taxon rank is recorded as genus[5].
  • Spheniscus's parent taxon is recorded as penguin[6].
  • Spheniscus's taxon name is recorded as Spheniscus[7].
  • Spheniscus's Commons category is recorded as Spheniscus[8].
  • Spheniscus's taxonomic type is recorded as African Penguin[9].
  • Spheniscus's start time is recorded as -13000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Spheniscus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/049kcc[11].
  • Spheniscus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9239[12].
  • Spheniscus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174461[13].
  • Spheniscus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45511491[14].
  • Spheniscus's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 39734[15].
  • Spheniscus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481654[16].
  • Spheniscus's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 205911[17].
  • Spheniscus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spheniscus[18].
  • Spheniscus's Commons gallery is recorded as Spheniscus[19].
  • Spheniscus's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 3d953536-116a-4e06-8219-8142abaa49e7[20].
  • Spheniscus's EPPO Code is recorded as 1ZPHNG[21].
  • Spheniscus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3811[22].
  • Spheniscus's NBN System Key is recorded as NHMSYS0000533807[23].
  • Spheniscus's BOLD Systems taxon ID is recorded as 3753[24].
  • Spheniscus's ADW taxon ID is recorded as Spheniscus[25].
  • Spheniscus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780540042[26].
  • Spheniscus's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910980894[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Spheniscus include Pittsburgh Penguins[28], an ice hockey team[29], in United States[30], founded in 1967[31].

Why It Matters

Spheniscus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #1,599 of 195,241).[2] Spheniscus has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Spheniscus is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for Spheniscus include Pittsburgh Penguins[28], an ice hockey team[29], in United States[30], founded in 1967[31].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Barcode of Life Data Systems. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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