Pipistrellus

Summary

Pipistrellus is a taxon^[1]. Pipistrellus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pipistrellus's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Pipistrellus is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Pipistrellus belongs to the parent taxon Pipistrellini^[5].
• Pipistrellus's scientific name is Pipistrellus^[6].
• Pipistrellus's Commons category is recorded as Pipistrellus^[7].
• Pipistrellus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pipistrellus^[8].
• Pipistrellus's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• Pipistrellus's taxon author citation is recorded as Kaup, 1829^[10].
• Pipistrellus's diel cycle is recorded as nocturnal^[11].
• Pipistrellus's homonymous taxon is recorded as Pipistrellus (Pipistrellus)^[12].

Body

Classification

Pipistrellus's scientific name is Pipistrellus^[6]. Pipistrellus is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Pipistrellus is classified within Pipistrellini^[5].

Identifiers

Pipistrellus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40355^[13]. Pipistrellus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27671^[14]. Pipistrellus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 13970^[15]. Pipistrellus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432218^[16]. Pipistrellus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180023^[17].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Pipistrellus include Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5^[18], a taxon^[19].

Why It Matters

Pipistrellus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (324 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).^[2] Pipistrellus has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Pipistrellus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for Pipistrellus include Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5^[18], a taxon^[19].