Miniopterus

genus of bats
Taxon taxon Q18924
Miniopterus
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Miniopterus

Summary

Miniopterus is a taxon[1]. Miniopterus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Miniopterus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Miniopterus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Miniopterus is classified within Miniopteridae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Miniopterus is Miniopterus[6].
  • Miniopterus's Commons category is recorded as Miniopterus[7].
  • Miniopterus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Miniopterus[8].
  • Miniopterus's taxon author citation is recorded as Bonaparte, 1837[9].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Miniopterus is Miniopterus[6]. Miniopterus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Miniopterus belongs to the parent taxon Miniopteridae[5].

Identifiers

Miniopterus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40585[10]. Miniopterus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9432[11]. Miniopterus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 36067[12]. Miniopterus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432501[13]. Miniopterus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631397[14].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Miniopterus include Miniopterus Bat coronavirus HKU8[15], a taxon[16].

Why It Matters

Miniopterus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (87 views/month, #1,620 of 195,241).[2] Miniopterus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Miniopterus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for Miniopterus include Miniopterus Bat coronavirus HKU8[15], a taxon[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 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. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] . biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved . biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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