Barbastella darjelingensis

(B. H. Hodgson in Horsfield, 1855)

Eastern Barbastelle

Also as Asian Barbastelle.
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Location:Taiwan, Nantou county, Yushan National ParkDate taken:Aug 19, 2008

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
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., Huang, D.-w. and Zhang, S.-y. 2007. A new species of Barbastella (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from North China. Journal of Mammalogy 88(6):1393-1403. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-114R2.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://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.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Plecotus darjelingensis

(B. H. 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

Name usages

Horsfield (1857:395, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)

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 darjelingensis

(Trouessart, 1878)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975518

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1878:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  2. Büchner (1891:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)

Synotus darjilingensis

(Dobson in Blanford, 1879)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjilingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Calcutta

Barbastella darjelingensis

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Satunin (1905:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69041)
  3. Thomas (1911:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  4. Allen (1938:256, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
  5. Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
  6. Benda & Gaisler (2015:389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29223)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85197261/85197270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  12. Saikia, Chakravarty, Csorba, Laskar & Ruedi (2025:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69679)

Barbastella blanfordi

V. Bianchi, 1917

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

lxxv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8485938

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 blanfordi

Bobrinski, 1925

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

blanfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority publication

Бюллетень Московского общества испытателей природы

Name usages

Bobrinskiy (1925:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68873)

Barbastella leucomelas darjelingensis

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darjelingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722477

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Koopman (1994:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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