Barbastella barbastellus

Taxonavigation edit

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Plecotini
Genus: Barbastella
Species: Barbastella barbastellus
Subspecies (2): B. b. barbastellus – B. b. guanchae

Name edit

Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774)

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: “Burgund [=Burgundy]”, France.

Combinations edit

Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber, 1774: 168 [original combination]
Barbastella barbastellus — Miller, 1897: 385 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas edit

Central and southern Europe, extending into the Caucasus
Turkey
Morocco
Mediterranean islands: Balearic islands, Corsica, Sardena and Sicily
Canary Islands: La Gomera and Tenerife

References edit

Primary references edit

Schreber, J.C.D. 1774–. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen.
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Additional references edit

Trujillo, D., Ibáñez, C. & Juste, J. 2002. A new subspecies of Barbastella barbastellus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Canary Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(3): 543–550. BHL Reference page.
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.

Links edit

Piraccini, R. 2016. IUCN: Barbastella barbastellus (Near Threatened) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2553A22029285. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2553A22029285.en. Accessed on 08 October 2023.

Vernacular names edit

беларуская: Еўрапейская шыракавушка
dansk: Bredøret flagermus
Deutsch: Westliche Mopsfledermaus
English: Western Barbastelle
español: Murciélago de bosque
suomi: Mopsilepakko
français: Barbastelle D'Europe
magyar: Nyugati piszedenevér
Nederlands: Mopsvleermuis
svenska: Bredörad fladdermus

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