Barbastella leucomelas
(Cretzschmar, 1830)
Arabian 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
Authority citation
Cretzschmar, P.J. 1830. [Heft 18, pl. 27-28]. Pp. 69–73 in Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826-1831. Säugethiere. Pp. 1–78 in Rüppell, E. Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 78+55+24+47+141 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140691Original name as described
Vespertilio leucomelas
Type material
SMF:MAMM:4373
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
Sinai, Egypt.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Israel · Egypt · Eritrea
Taxonomy notes
previously included B. darjelingensis and B. caspica
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
Least Concern
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