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Percival's Trident Bat

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Taxon taxon Q304401
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Percival's Trident Bat

Summary

Percival's Trident Bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Percival's Trident Bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Arthur Blayney Percival is named after Percival's Trident Bat[5].
  • Percival's Trident Bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[6].
  • Percival's Trident Bat belongs to the parent taxon Cloeotis[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Percival's Trident Bat is Cloeotis percivali[8].
  • Percival's Trident Bat's Commons category is recorded as Cloeotis percivali[9].
  • Percival's Trident Bat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. percivali'}[10].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Trident Bat'}[11].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'East African Trident Bat'}[12].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Percival's Short-eared Trident Bat"}[13].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Percival's Trident Bat"}[14].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-eared Trident Bat'}[15].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Percival’s Short-eared Trident Bat'}[16].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Trident-nosed Bat'}[17].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Afrikanische Dreispitznäsige Fledermaus'}[18].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Percivals Kleinohr-Dreizackblattnase'}[19].
  • Percival's Trident Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Percivals Dreispitz-Fledermaus'}[20].
  • Percival's Trident Bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Percival's Trident Bat is Cloeotis percivali[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Cloeotis[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'African Trident Bat'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'East African Trident Bat'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Percival's Short-eared Trident Bat"}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Short-eared Trident Bat'}[15], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Percival’s Short-eared Trident Bat'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Arthur Blayney Percival is named after Percival's Trident Bat[5].

Identifiers

Percival's Trident Bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40777[22]. Percival's Trident Bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 302400[23]. Percival's Trident Bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327238[24]. Percival's Trident Bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432679[25]. Percival's Trident Bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631477[26].

Why It Matters

Percival's Trident Bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month, #1,630 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . 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. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Named after → Arthur Blayney Percival
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Taxon rank → species
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