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Molossus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q1723019
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Molossus

Summary

Molossus is a taxon[1]. Molossus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Molossus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Molossus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Molossus belongs to the parent taxon Molossidae[5].
  • Molossus is classified within Molossinae[6].
  • Molossus's scientific name is Molossus[7].
  • Molossus's Commons category is recorded as Molossus[8].
  • Molossus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Molossus (bat)[9].
  • Molossus's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Molossus is Molossus[7]. Molossus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Molossidae[5] and Molossinae[6].

Identifiers

Molossus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41249[11]. Molossus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27621[12]. Molossus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42265[13]. Molossus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433042[14]. Molossus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180082[15].

Why It Matters

Molossus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month, #1,621 of 195,241).[2] Molossus has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Taxon range → Brazil
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Molossidae, Molossinae
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541012705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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