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.

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

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