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Pteropus speciosus

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q606490
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Summary

Pteropus speciosus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Data Deficient[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pteropus[5]
  • Taxon name: Pteropus speciosus[6]
  • Commons category: Pteropus speciosus[7]
  • Taxon common name: Zorro Volador De La Isla Malawi[8], Philippine Gray Flying Fox[9], Grauer Philippinen-Flughund[10]
  • Taxon author citation: Andersen, 1908[11]
  • CITES Appendix: Appendix II of CITES[12]

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Identifiers

Pteropus speciosus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40877[13]. Pteropus speciosus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 161599[14]. Pteropus speciosus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327296[15]. Pteropus speciosus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5218691[16]. Pteropus speciosus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631658[17].

Why It Matters

Pteropus speciosus has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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. [14] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Iucn conservation status → Data Deficient
    Instance of → taxon
    Parent taxon → Pteropus
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