Vespertilio murinus

Linnaeus, 1758

Eurasian Particolored Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Vespertilio

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio murinus

Other common names

Particolored Bat

Type locality

"Europa." Restricted by H. J. Baagøe in 2001 to probably near Uppsala, central Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Norway · Sweden · Finland · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Italy · Liechtenstein · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · United Arab Emirates · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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