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Scotophilus

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q845869
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Scotophilus

Summary

Scotophilus is a taxon[1]. Scotophilus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Scotophilus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Scotophilus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Scotophilus is classified within Vespertilioninae[5].
  • Scotophilus is classified within Nycticeiini[6].
  • Scotophilus is classified within Scotophilini[7].
  • Scotophilus's scientific name is Scotophilus[8].
  • Scotophilus's Commons category is recorded as Scotophilus[9].
  • Scotophilus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scotophilus[10].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Scotophilus is Scotophilus[8]. Scotophilus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Vespertilioninae[5], Nycticeiini[6], and Scotophilini[7].

Identifiers

Scotophilus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40431[11]. Scotophilus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 153296[12]. Scotophilus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 14295[13]. Scotophilus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432565[14]. Scotophilus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631392[15].

Why It Matters

Scotophilus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #1,622 of 195,241).[2] Scotophilus has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . itis.gov. itis.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Vespertilioninae, Nycticeiini, Scotophilini
    Instance of → taxon
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007536747305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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