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Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat

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Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat

Summary

Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Robert Charles Wroughton is named after Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat[5].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Data Deficient[6].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat belongs to the parent taxon Otomops[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is Otomops wroughtoni[8].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's Commons category is recorded as Otomops wroughtoni[9].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. wroughtoni'}[10].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wroughton’s free-tailed bat'}[11].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat"}[12].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Wroughton's Giant Mastiff Bat"}[13].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wroughton’s Giant Mastiff Bat'}[14].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wroughton’s Free-tailed Bat'}[15].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wroughton-Riesen-Bulldoggfledermaus'}[16].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's Wildlife Protection Act 1972 is recorded as Schedule I (Part I) of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[17].
  • Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[18].

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Classification

Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's scientific name is Otomops wroughtoni[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Otomops[7]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wroughton’s free-tailed bat'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it"}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Wroughton's Giant Mastiff Bat"}[13], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wroughton’s Giant Mastiff Bat'}[14], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wroughton-Riesen-Bulldoggfledermaus'}[16].

Discovery and Description

Robert Charles Wroughton is named after Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat[5].

Identifiers

Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41308[19]. Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 436903[20]. Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 128580[21]. Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433021[22]. Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632253[23].

Why It Matters

Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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  1. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Named after → Robert Charles Wroughton
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Taxon rank → species
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