Pteropus

Summary

Pteropus is a taxon^[1]. Pteropus ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (868 views/month, #809 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pteropus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Pteropus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Pteropus is classified within Pteropodidae^[5].
• Pteropus's scientific name is Pteropus^[6].
• Pteropus's Commons category is recorded as Pteropus^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Pteropus is Vespertilio niger^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Pteropus is Vespertilio vampyrus niger^[9].
• Pteropus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pteropus^[10].
• Pteropus's Commons gallery is recorded as Pteropus^[11].
• Pteropus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ثعالب طيّارة، خفافيش الثمار'}^[13].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Flying foxes'}^[14].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fruit Bats'}^[15].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Zorros voladores y murciélagos frugívoros'}^[16].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '狐蝠屬'}^[17].
• Pteropus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'leteča lisica'}^[18].
• Pteropus's taxon author citation is recorded as Brisson, 1762^[19].
• Pteropus's CITES Appendix is recorded as Appendix II of CITES^[20].
• Pteropus's diel cycle is recorded as crepuscular^[21].
• Pteropus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Pteropus^[22].

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Classification

Pteropus's scientific name is Pteropus^[6]. Pteropus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Pteropus is classified within Pteropodidae^[5]. Recorded taxonomic type include Vespertilio niger^[8] and Vespertilio vampyrus niger^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'ثعالب طيّارة، خفافيش الثمار'}^[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Flying foxes'}^[14], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fruit Bats'}^[15], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Zorros voladores y murciélagos frugívoros'}^[16], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '狐蝠屬'}^[17], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'leteča lisica'}^[18].

Identifiers

Pteropus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40870^[23]. Pteropus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9401^[24]. Pteropus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 15607^[25]. Pteropus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432854^[26]. Pteropus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180032^[27].

Why It Matters

Pteropus ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (868 views/month, #809 of 195,241).^[2] Pteropus has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Pteropus is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]