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Greater Horseshoe Bat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q737413
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Summary

Greater Horseshoe Bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,099 views/month, #1,554 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Rhinolophus[5]
  • Taxon name: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum[6]
  • Commons category: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rhinolophus ferrumequinum[8]
  • Commons gallery: Rhinolophus ferrumequinum[9]
  • Original combination: Vespertilio ferrumequinum[10]
  • Taxon common name: Greater horseshoe bat[11], Murciélago Grande de Herradura[12], Grand Rhinolophe fer à cheval[13], Großhufeisennase[14], Große Hufeisennase[15], Crú-ialtóg mór[16], vrápenec velký[17], grote hoefijzerneus[18], grand rhinolophe, grand fer à cheval[19], Grosse Hufeisennase[20], 马铁菊头蝠[21], esperteyu de ferradura grande[22], crú-ialtóg mhór[23], キクガシラコウモリ[24]
  • Wingspan: 0.332 m[25]
  • Life expectancy: 3.5 years[26]
  • Habitat: shrubland[27], forest[28]
  • Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: critically endangered[29]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Rhinolophus_ferrumequinum[31]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[32]
  • Taxon range: Nanling Mountains[33]

Body

Identifiers

Greater Horseshoe Bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40645[34]. Greater Horseshoe Bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 59479[35]. Greater Horseshoe Bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328771[36]. Greater Horseshoe Bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432655[37]. Greater Horseshoe Bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631430[38].

Why It Matters

Greater Horseshoe Bat has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

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. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Irish Bats in the 21st Century (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . The National Terminology Database for Irish. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Allometry of Bat Wings and Legs and Comparison with Bird Wings. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . Species richness patterns of mammals and birds and their drivers in the Nanling Mountain Range. 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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  1. 16w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Greater horseshoe bat'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago Grande de Herradura'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grand Rhinolophe fer à cheval'} +13
    Habitat → shrubland, forest
    Life expectancy → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.5'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: veliki podkovnjak"
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