Varanidae

family of reptiles
Taxon taxon Q3082684
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Varanidae

Summary

Varanidae is a taxon[1]. Varanidae ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month, #1,415 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Varanidae's image is recorded as Varanus exanthematicus (SqueakyMarmot).jpg[3].
  • Varanidae's image is recorded as Varanus varius1.jpg[4].
  • Varanidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Varanidae's taxon rank is recorded as family[6].
  • Varanidae's parent taxon is recorded as Anguimorpha[7].
  • Varanidae's parent taxon is recorded as Varanoidea[8].
  • Varanidae's taxon name is recorded as Varanidae[9].
  • Varanidae's Commons category is recorded as Varanidae[10].
  • Varanidae's start time is recorded as -80000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Varanidae's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0642wjb[12].
  • Varanidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8555[13].
  • Varanidae's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph988251[14].
  • Varanidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174114[15].
  • Varanidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8115[16].
  • Varanidae's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 38035[17].
  • Varanidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5023[18].
  • Varanidae's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 395082[19].
  • Varanidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Varanidae[20].
  • Varanidae's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[21].
  • Varanidae's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[22].
  • Varanidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Varanidae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • Varanidae's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/monitor-lizard[25].
  • Varanidae's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'varaner'}[26].
  • Varanidae's Plazi ID is recorded as 592C4D59-0A61-FFF1-2BC0-3E8E5D32B4E3[27].

Why It Matters

Varanidae ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month, #1,415 of 195,241).[2] Varanidae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Varanidae is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Plazi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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