Barbastella darjelingensis

(Hodgson in Horsfield, 1855)

Eastern 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

Horsfield, T. 1855-08-01. Brief notices of several new or little-known species of mammalia, lately discovered and collected in Nepal, by Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)16(92):101-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661014

Original name as described

Plecotus darjelingensis

Other common names

Asian Barbastelle

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1854.9.1.13

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44442bd3-afec-4c63-a2e5-27f764e33574

Type locality

Darjeeling, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · China · Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

split from B. leucomeles

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005652

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.

Plecotus darjelingensis

(Hodgson in Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1854.9.1.13

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44442bd3-afec-4c63-a2e5-27f764e33574

Authority page

103

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661014

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Barbastella leucomelas darjelingensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Barbastella darjelingensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

861

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000397) (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/1005652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85197261/85197270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plecotus? darjilingensis

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjilingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

2

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Barbastellus dargelinensis

(Dobson, 1875)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dargelinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34520450

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Synotus darjelinensis

(Dobson, 1876)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

218

Authority publication

London

Synotus darjilingensis

(Dobson in Blanford, 1879)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjilingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56809194

Authority publication

Calcutta

Barbastella blanfordi

Bianchi, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

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 formosanus

Lin Liangkong, H.-C. Zheng, & Maeda, 1997

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

formosanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

71

Authority publication

book

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