Whale sharks - Rhincodontidae
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Rhincodontidae |
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| Taxonomic Rank |
Family |
| Taxonomic # |
159854 |
| Common Names |
French: requins-baleines
English: whale sharks
French: requins baleine
Spanish: tiburones ballena
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| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Euselachii
Order: Orectolobiformes
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| Taxonomic Children |
Genus: Rhincodon
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| Synonyms (since 1950) |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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Physical Description / Field Identification
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Distribution
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Ecology and Behavior
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Feeding and Prey
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Threats and Status
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| ITIS TSN | 159854 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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| - |
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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| #records (spatial) | 4 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 0 |
| #datasets | 1 |
| Year | 2006 - 2011 |
| Latitude | 1.67 - 33.76 |
| Longitude | -91.99 - -84.40 |
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