Vespertilionidae

family of vesper bats
Taxon taxon Q210358
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Summary

Vespertilionidae is a taxon[1]. Vespertilionidae ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,129 views/month, #1,512 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Microchiroptera[4], Chiroptera[5], Vespertilionoidea[6]
  • Taxon name: Vespertilionidae[7]
  • Commons category: Vespertilionidae[8]
  • Taxonomic type: Vespertilio[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Vesper bats[10]
  • Commons gallery: Vespertilionidae[11]
  • Code of nomenclature: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[12]
  • Taxon common name: glattnesefamilien[13], gladkonosci[14], gladkonosi netopirji[15]
  • Vocalized name: נִּשְׁפּוֹנִיִּים[16]

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Identifiers

Vespertilionidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 40269[17]. Vespertilionidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9431[18]. Vespertilionidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7632[19]. Vespertilionidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9368[20]. Vespertilionidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 179986[21].

Why It Matters

Vespertilionidae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Vespertilionidae is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . babel.hathitrust.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ZooBank. wikidata.org.
  8. [18] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Species Nomenclature Database. Retrieved . nortaxa.artsdatabanken.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . netopirji.splet.arnes.si. netopirji.splet.arnes.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . netopirji.splet.arnes.si. netopirji.splet.arnes.si. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Tbjornstad · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'commons', 'cs',
    Sitelink count → 55
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Taxon common name: glattnesefamilien"
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0258769-netopyroviti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0258769-netopyroviti, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Taxonomic type → Vespertilio
    Aliases → —
    Code of nomenclature → International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 26885, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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