Barbastella

Barbastella barbastellus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Plecotini
Genus: Barbastella
Species (6): B. barbastellus – B. beijingensis – B. caspica – B. darjelingensis – B. leucomelas – B. pacifica

Name

Barbastella Gray, 1821: 300

• Type species: Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber, 1774, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Synotus Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 305
  • Type species: Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber, 1774, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Keyserling, A. Graf & Blasius, J.H. 1839. Uebersicht der Gattungs- und Artcharaktere der europäischen Fledermäuse. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5(1): 293–331. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Juste, J., Ibáñez, C., Trujillo, D., Muñoz, J. & Ruedi, M. 2003. Phylogeography of Barbastelle Bats (Barbastella barbastellus) in the Western Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. Acta Chiropterologica 5(2): 165–175. DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0201 Reference page. 
• Zhang, J.-S., Han, N.-J., Jones, G., Lin, L.-K., Zhang, J.-P., Zhu, G.-J., Huang, D.-W. & 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 Reference page. 
• Benda, P., Dietz, C., Andreas, M., Hotový, J., Lučan, R.K., Maltby, A., Meakin, K., Truscott, J. & Vallo, P. 2008. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Part 6. Bats of Sinai (Egypt) with some taxonomic, ecological and echolocation data on that fauna. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 72: 1–103. Reference page. 
• Benda, P. & Mlíkovský, J. 2008. Nomenclatural notes on the Asian forms of Barbastella bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Lynx 39(1): 31–46. Reference page. 
• Kruskop, S.V. 2015. Dark and Pale: Taxonomic Status of the Barbastelle (Barbastella: Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) from Central Asia. Acta Chiropterologica 17(1): 49–57. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.1.004 Reference page. 
• Kruskop, S.V., Kawai, K. & Tiunov, M.P. 2019. Taxonomic status of the barbastelles (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Barbastella) from the Japanese archipelago and Kunashir Island. Zootaxa 4567(3): 461–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Barbastelles
polski: Mopek

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