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Swinny's Horseshoe Bat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1769043
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Summary

Swinny's Horseshoe Bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (60 views/month, #1,629 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Rhinolophus[5]
  • Taxon name: Rhinolophus swinnyi[6]
  • Commons category: Rhinolophus swinnyi[7]
  • Short name: R. swinnyi[8]
  • Taxon common name: Swinny’s horseshoe bat[9], Swinny's Horseshoe Bat[10], Swinny-Hufeisennase[11]
  • Taxon author citation: Gough, 1908[12]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[13]

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Identifiers

Swinny's Horseshoe Bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40670[14]. Swinny's Horseshoe Bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 608709[15]. Swinny's Horseshoe Bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327228[16]. Swinny's Horseshoe Bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432672[17]. Swinny's Horseshoe Bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631467[18].

Why It Matters

Swinny's Horseshoe Bat has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . ARKive. 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . 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. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Rhinolophus
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon author citation: Gough, 1908, Bot: importing authority taxon citation from Catalan Wikipedia"
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