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Mehely's Horseshoe Bat

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Mehely's Horseshoe Bat

Summary

Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is classified within Rhinolophus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is Rhinolophus mehelyi[7].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's Commons category is recorded as Rhinolophus mehelyi[8].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[9].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'R. mehelyi'}[10].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mehely’s horseshoe bat'}[11].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Mehely's Horseshoe Bat."}[12].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago mediano de herradura.'}[13].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Պայտաքիթ մեհելի'}[14].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago Mediano de Herradura'}[15].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Rhinolophe de Mehely'}[16].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Mehely's Horseshoe Bat"}[17].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mehely’s Horseshoe Bat'}[18].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Mehely-Hufeisennase'}[19].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'esperteyu de ferradura de mehely'}[20].
  • Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal[21].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Mehely's Horseshoe Bat is Rhinolophus mehelyi[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Rhinolophus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mehely’s horseshoe bat'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "it."}[12], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago mediano de herradura.'}[13], {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Պայտաքիթ մեհելի'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Murciélago Mediano de Herradura'}[15], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Rhinolophe de Mehely'}[16].

Identifiers

Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40691[22]. Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 342862[23]. Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 308547[24]. Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432667[25]. Mehely's Horseshoe Bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631446[26].

Why It Matters

Mehely's Horseshoe Bat ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month, #1,625 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . 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. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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