Daubenton's bat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q504488
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Summary

Daubenton's bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Myotis[5]
  • Taxon name: Myotis daubentonii[6]
  • Commons category: Myotis daubentonii[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Myotis daubentonii[8]
  • Commons gallery: Myotis daubentonii[9]
  • Original combination: Vespertilio daubentonii[10]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[11]
  • Short name: M. daubentonii[12]
  • Taxon common name: Daubenton's bat[13], Murciélago Ratonero Ribereño[14], Murin De Daubenton[15], Daubenton's Myotis[16], Daubenton’s Myotis[17], Daubenton’s Bat[18], Wasserfledermaus[19], Europäische Wasserfledermaus[20], Ialtóg uisce[21], netopýr vodní[22], watervleermuis[23], vespertilion de daubenton, murin de daubenton[24], daubentons bat[25], vesisiippa[26]
  • Wingspan: 0.248 m[27]
  • Mass: 2 g[28]
  • Gestation period: 54 day[29]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 28 years[30]
  • Litter size: 1[31]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[32]

Body

Identifiers

Daubenton's bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74702[33]. Daubenton's bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 98922[34]. Daubenton's bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327580[35]. Daubenton's bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432439[36]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 632012[37] and 946243[38].

Why It Matters

Daubenton's bat has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Irish Bats in the 21st Century (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . Allometry of Bat Wings and Legs and Comparison with Bird Wings. wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . Myotis daubentonii. wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Myotis daubentonii. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [30] ↑ . Life history, ecology and longevity in bats. wikidata.org.
  35. [31] ↑ . Myotis daubentonii. wikidata.org.
  36. [32] ↑ . 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. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itis tsn → 632012, 946243
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'avk', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Itis tsn: 946243, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290800|batch #290800]]"
  2. 4w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has characteristic: viviparity"
  3. 17w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Daubenton's bat"}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago Ratonero Ribereño'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Murin De Daubenton'} +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: obvodni netopir"
  4. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Myotis
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.248'}
    Mass → {'unit': 'Q41803', 'amount': '+2'}
    Diel cycle → nocturnal
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 26918, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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