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Greater Asiatic yellow bat

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Greater Asiatic yellow bat

Summary

Greater Asiatic yellow bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat belongs to the parent taxon Scotophilus[6].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's scientific name is Scotophilus heathii[7].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's Commons category is recorded as Scotophilus heathii[8].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asiatic Greater Yellow House Bat'}[9].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Yellow Bat'}[10].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat'}[11].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat'}[12].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Asiatische Hausfledermaus'}[13].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大黃蝠'}[14].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大黄蝠'}[15].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's habitat is recorded as forest[16].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's habitat is recorded as shrubland[17].
  • Greater Asiatic yellow bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[18].

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Classification

Greater Asiatic yellow bat's scientific name is Scotophilus heathii[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Scotophilus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Asiatic Greater Yellow House Bat'}[9], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common Yellow Bat'}[10], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Asiatic Yellow Bat'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Große Asiatische Hausfledermaus'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '大黃蝠'}[14].

Identifiers

Greater Asiatic yellow bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 75069[19]. Greater Asiatic yellow bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 159339[20]. Greater Asiatic yellow bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5707090[21]. Greater Asiatic yellow bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 946144[22].

Why It Matters

Greater Asiatic yellow bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Habitat → forest, shrubland
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Taxon rank → species
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