Tailless fruit bat
species of mammal
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Summary
Tailless fruit bat is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Megaerops[5]
- Taxon name: Megaerops ecaudatus[6]
- Commons category: Megaerops ecaudatus[7]
- Short name: M. ecaudatus[8]
- Taxon common name: Tail-less Fruit Bat[9], Temminck's Tailless Fruit Bat[10], Temminck’s Tailless Fruit Bat[11], Temmincks Schwanzloser Flughund[12], 无尾果蝠[13]
- Wingspan: 0.351 m[14]
- Mass: 23.4 g[15]
- Habitat: forest[16]
- Taxon author citation: (Temminck, 1837)[17]
- Diel cycle: crepuscular[18]
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Identifiers
Tailless fruit bat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40930[19]. Tailless fruit bat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 298110[20]. Tailless fruit bat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 327351[21]. Tailless fruit bat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2432920[22]. Tailless fruit bat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 631584[23].
Why It Matters
Tailless fruit bat has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]