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Kitti's hog-nosed bat

species of bat and the only extant member of the family Craseonycteridae
Taxon taxon Q370965
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Summary

Kitti's hog-nosed bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,250 views/month, #1,234 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Craseonycteris[5]
  • Taxon name: Craseonycteris thonglongyai[6]
  • Commons category: Craseonycteris thonglongyai[7]
  • Short name: C. thonglongyai[8]
  • Taxon common name: Kitti’s hog-nosed bat[9], Bumblebee Bat[10], Hog-nosed Bat[11], Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat[12], Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat (Smallest Mammal!)[13], Hummelfledermaus[14], Schweinsschnauzenfledermaus[15], Kittis Kleinstfledermaus[16], esperteyu abeyón[17], свиноносая летучая мышь[18]
  • Diel cycle: crepuscular[19], nocturnal[20]

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Identifiers

Kitti's hog-nosed bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41399[21]. Kitti's hog-nosed bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 208972[22]. Kitti's hog-nosed bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327831[23]. Kitti's hog-nosed bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433358[24]. Kitti's hog-nosed bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631538[25].

Why It Matters

Kitti's hog-nosed bat has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [25] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . 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. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Taxon rank → species
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    Diel cycle → crepuscular, nocturnal
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
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