Canary big-eared bat

species of bat
Taxon taxon Q123100
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Summary

Canary big-eared bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[4]
  • Parent taxon: Plecotus[5]
  • Taxon name: Plecotus teneriffae[6]
  • Commons category: Plecotus teneriffae[7]
  • Short name: P. teneriffae[8]
  • Taxon common name: Tenerife long-eared bat[9], Canary Long-eared Bat.[10], Murciélago orejudo canario.[11], Orejudo Canario[12], Oreillard de Tenerife[13], Canary Big-eared Bat[14], Canary Long-eared Bat[15], Kanaren-Langohr[16], Kanaren-Langohrfledermaus[17]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[18]

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Identifiers

Canary big-eared bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40418[19]. Canary big-eared bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 187391[20]. Canary big-eared bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 127970[21]. Canary big-eared bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218519[22]. Canary big-eared bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632264[23].

Why It Matters

Canary big-eared bat has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . 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. [19] ↑ . 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. 18d ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn taxon id → 17602, 215482954
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'avk', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Plecotus
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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