lesser spear-nosed bat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q617912
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lesser spear-nosed bat

Summary

lesser spear-nosed bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • lesser spear-nosed bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat is classified within Phyllostomus[6].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's scientific name is Phyllostomus elongatus[7].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's Commons category is recorded as Phyllostomus elongatus[8].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. elongatus'}[9].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Spear-nosed Bat'}[10].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dunkle Lanzennase'}[11].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[12].
  • lesser spear-nosed bat's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, lesser spear-nosed bat is Phyllostomus elongatus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Phyllostomus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Lesser Spear-nosed Bat'}[10] and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Dunkle Lanzennase'}[11].

Identifiers

lesser spear-nosed bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41080[14]. lesser spear-nosed bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 187005[15]. lesser spear-nosed bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327397[16]. lesser spear-nosed bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433281[17]. lesser spear-nosed bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631780[18].

Why It Matters

lesser spear-nosed bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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. [15] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [18] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [17] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.
  16. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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