Barbastella caspica

Satunin, 1908

Caspian Barbastelle

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Plecotini
Genus : Barbastella

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Satunin, K.A. 1908. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Säugetierfauna Kaukasiens und Transkaspiens. Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums 4:41-119.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466461 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466522

Original name as described

Barbastella barbastella caspica

Type material

GNMT 2A (= "25-07")

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Hacıqabul district, Azerbaijan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Afghanistan

Taxonomy notes

split from B. darjelingensis, which was previously included under B. leucomelas

Taxonomy notes citation

Zhang, J. S., Han, N. J., Jones, G., Lin, L. K., Zhang, J. P., Zhu, G. J., ... & Zhang, S. Y. (2007). A new species of Barbastella (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from north China. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(6), 1393-1403. · Kruskop, S. V. (2015). Dark and pale: taxonomic status of the barbastelle (Barbastella: Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) from Central Asia. Acta Chiropterologica, 17(1), 49-57.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005651

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Barbastella barbastella caspica

Satunin, 1908

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

GNMT 2A (= "25-07")

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

43, 104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466461 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58466522

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Barbastella blanfordi walteri

Bianchi, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

walteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Barbastella caspica

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

caspica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

861

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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