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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/37140691

Original 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005653

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.

Vespertilio leucomelas

(Cretzschmar, 1830)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4373

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

73, pl. 28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140691

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Temminck (1840:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  2. Schinz (1844:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Plecotus leucomelas

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Barbastella leucomelas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:170, 171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2554) (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/1005653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85181182/22029016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Barbastella leucomelas leucomelas

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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