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big free-tailed bat

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Taxon taxon Q1832615
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big free-tailed bat

Summary

big free-tailed bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • big free-tailed bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • big free-tailed bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • big free-tailed bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • big free-tailed bat belongs to the parent taxon Nyctinomops[6].
  • big free-tailed bat's scientific name is Nyctinomops macrotis[7].
  • big free-tailed bat's Commons category is recorded as Nyctinomops macrotis[8].
  • big free-tailed bat's described by source is recorded as Nyctinomops macrotis[9].
  • big free-tailed bat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. macrotis'}[10].
  • big free-tailed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big Free-tailed Bat'}[11].
  • big free-tailed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Freischwanzfledermaus'}[12].
  • big free-tailed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'big free-tailed bat'}[13].
  • big free-tailed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago-cola suelta mayor'}[14].
  • big free-tailed bat's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+427'}[15].
  • big free-tailed bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[16].
  • big free-tailed bat's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[17].
  • big free-tailed bat's taxon range is recorded as São Geraldo do Araguaia[18].

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Classification

big free-tailed bat's scientific name is Nyctinomops macrotis[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Nyctinomops[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big Free-tailed Bat'}[11], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Freischwanzfledermaus'}[12], and {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago-cola suelta mayor'}[14].

Identifiers

big free-tailed bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41315[19]. big free-tailed bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 124753[20]. big free-tailed bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327953[21]. big free-tailed bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433062[22]. big free-tailed bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180086[23].

Why It Matters

big free-tailed bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (95 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. 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. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Nyctinomops macrotis. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . colecoesbio.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nyctinomops macrotis
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Taxon rank → species
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