Chiroptera

order of placental mammals (Placentalia)
Taxon taxon Q28425
Chiroptera
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Chiroptera

Summary

Chiroptera is a taxon[1]. Chiroptera ranks in the top 0.053% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,956 views/month, #103 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chiroptera's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Chiroptera is classified at the rank of order[4].
  • Chiroptera belongs to the parent taxon Apo-Chiroptera[5].
  • Chiroptera belongs to the parent taxon mammal[6].
  • Chiroptera is classified within Laurasiatheria[7].
  • Chiroptera belongs to the parent taxon Eutheria[8].
  • Chiroptera is classified within Scrotifera[9].
  • Chiroptera is classified within Pegasoferae[10].
  • Chiroptera is classified within Placentalia[11].
  • Chiroptera's scientific name is Chiroptera[12].
  • Chiroptera is a type of mammal[13].
  • Chiroptera's Commons category is recorded as Chiroptera[14].
  • Chiroptera began on -52000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Chiroptera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bats[16].
  • Chiroptera's Commons gallery is recorded as Chiroptera[17].
  • Chiroptera's code of nomenclature is recorded as International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[18].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23].
  • Chiroptera's described by source is recorded as Bats: A World of Science and Mystery[24].
  • Chiroptera's partially coincident with is recorded as hibernator[25].
  • Chiroptera's natural reservoir of is recorded as SARSr-CoV[26].
  • Chiroptera's natural reservoir of is recorded as SARS-CoV-2[27].

Body

Classification

Chiroptera's scientific name is Chiroptera[12]. Chiroptera is classified at the rank of order[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Apo-Chiroptera[5], mammal[6], Laurasiatheria[7], Eutheria[8], Scrotifera[9], and Pegasoferae[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'flaggermus'}[28], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'esperteyu'}[29], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'murciégalu'}[30], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'espantagüeyos'}[31], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'espertu'}[32], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'espitagüeyos'}[33].

Identifiers

Chiroptera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9397[34]. Chiroptera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7631[35]. Chiroptera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 734[36]. Chiroptera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179985[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Chiroptera include Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5[38], a taxon[39]; Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4[40], a taxon[41]; Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9[42], a taxon[43]; Miniopterus Bat coronavirus HKU8[44], a taxon[45]; and Fledermaus – Bunte Bühne[46], a theatre building[47], in Germany[48].

Why It Matters

Chiroptera ranks in the top 0.053% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,956 views/month, #103 of 195,241).[2] Chiroptera has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Chiroptera is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for Chiroptera include Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5[38], a taxon[39]; Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4[40], a taxon[41]; Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9[42], a taxon[43]; Miniopterus Bat coronavirus HKU8[44], a taxon[45]; and Fledermaus – Bunte Bühne[46], a theatre building[47], in Germany[48].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [34] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [37] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [35] . wikidata.org.
  17. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . virological.org. Retrieved . virological.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] . Diccionariu de l'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana. Retrieved . diccionariu.alladixital.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Code of nomenclature International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
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    Wingspan {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+6'}
    Natural reservoir of SARSr-CoV, SARS-CoV-2
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