Weddell seal

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q313166
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Weddell seal

Summary

Weddell seal is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month, #1,317 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Weddell seal's video is recorded as Phoque weddell et petit.ogv[3].
  • Weddell seal's image is recorded as Mikkelsen Harbour-2016-Trinity Island (D'Hainaut Island)–Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) 02.jpg[4].
  • Weddell seal's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • Weddell seal's taxon rank is recorded as species[6].
  • James Weddell is named after Weddell seal[7].
  • Weddell seal's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[8].
  • Weddell seal's parent taxon is recorded as Leptonychotes[9].
  • Weddell seal's taxon range map image is recorded as WeddellRange 1.PNG[10].
  • Weddell seal's taxon name is recorded as Leptonychotes weddellii[11].
  • Weddell seal's Commons category is recorded as Leptonychotes weddellii[12].
  • Weddell seal's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 11696[13].
  • Weddell seal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04ykcz[14].
  • Weddell seal's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9713[15].
  • Weddell seal's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180669[16].
  • Weddell seal's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 2202[17].
  • Weddell seal's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434784[18].
  • Weddell seal's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 195932[19].
  • Weddell seal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Leptonychotes weddellii[20].
  • Weddell seal's Commons gallery is recorded as Leptonychotes weddellii[21].
  • Weddell seal's MSW ID is recorded as 14001044[22].
  • Weddell seal's main food source is recorded as fish[23].
  • Weddell seal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/Weddell-seal[24].
  • Weddell seal's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[25].
  • Weddell seal's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'L. weddellii'}[26].
  • Weddell seal's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Weddell seal'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Weddell seal include Weddell Arm[28], a fjord[29].

Why It Matters

Weddell seal ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (503 views/month, #1,317 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Weddell Arm[28], a fjord[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . google.de. Retrieved . google.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 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] . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ARKive. 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

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nztcs conservation status vagrant
    Time period Q25445
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    Has characteristic viviparity
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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