Testudinidae

family of turtles
Taxon taxon Q46360
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Testudinidae

Summary

Testudinidae is a taxon[1]. Testudinidae ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,381 views/month, #441 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Testudinidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Testudinidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Testudinidae is classified within Cryptodira[5].
  • Testudinidae is classified within Testudinoidea[6].
  • Testudinidae's scientific name is Testudinidae[7].
  • Testudinidae's Commons category is recorded as Testudinidae[8].
  • Testudinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Testudinidae[9].
  • Testudinidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tortoises[10].
  • Testudinidae's Commons gallery is recorded as Testudinidae[11].
  • Testudinidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12].
  • Testudinidae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Testudinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'landskilpadder'}[14].
  • Testudinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kopenske želve'}[15].
  • Testudinidae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'tortues terrestres'}[16].
  • Testudinidae's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • Testudinidae's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES[18].
  • Testudinidae's homonymous taxon is recorded as Testudinidae[19].

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Classification

Testudinidae's scientific name is Testudinidae[7]. Testudinidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cryptodira[5] and Testudinoidea[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'landskilpadder'}[14], {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kopenske želve'}[15], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'tortues terrestres'}[16].

Identifiers

Testudinidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40019[20]. Testudinidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8487[21]. Testudinidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8132[22]. Testudinidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9618[23]. Testudinidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 173852[24].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Testudinidae include TortoiseGit[25], a plug-in[26], founded in 2008[27]; TortoiseSVN[28], an application software[29], founded in 2002[30]; and Habeas Tortoise[31], an animated series episode[32], directed by Matthew Faughnan[33].

Why It Matters

Testudinidae ranks in the top 0.23% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,381 views/month, #441 of 195,241).[2] Testudinidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Testudinidae is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Testudinidae include TortoiseGit[25], a plug-in[26], founded in 2008[27]; TortoiseSVN[28], an application software[29], founded in 2002[30]; and Habeas Tortoise[31], an animated series episode[32], directed by Matthew Faughnan[33].

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. [21] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [23] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . 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. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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