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Pteropodidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q185230
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Summary

Pteropodidae is a taxon[1]. Pteropodidae ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,551 views/month, #637 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Chiroptera[4], Pteropodoidea[5]
  • Taxon name: Pteropodidae[6]
  • Commons category: Pteropodidae[7]
  • Taxonomic type: Pteropus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Megabats[9]
  • Commons gallery: Pteropodidae[10]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Natural reservoir of: Ebolavirus[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
  • Diel cycle: crepuscular[15]

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Identifiers

Pteropodidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40782[16]. Pteropodidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9398[17]. Pteropodidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7636[18]. Pteropodidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9367[19]. Pteropodidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180029[20].

Why It Matters

Pteropodidae has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Pteropodidae is known by 115 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . 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. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Chiroptera, Pteropodoidea
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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