Vespertilio sinensis

Vespertilio sinensis

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 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: Vespertilionini
Genus: Vespertilio
Species: Vespertilio sinensis
Subspecies: V. s. andersoni – V. s. namiyei – V. s. noctula – V. s. orientalis – V. s. sinensis

Name

Vespertilio sinensis (Peters, 1880)

• Holotype: ZMB 5624, ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed.
• Type locality: “Peking (China)”.

Combinations

• Vesperus sinensis Peters, 1880: 259 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Vespertilio murinus superans Thomas, 1898
• Vespertilio orientalis Wallin, 1969

Native distribution areas

• Russia: Transbaikalia, Amur basin and Primoriye
• China: eastern and central
• Mongolia: eastern
• Korea Peninsula
• Japan: Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu
• Taiwan

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1880. Über neue Flederthiere (Vesperus, Vampyrops). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 258–259.

Additional references

• Horáček, I. 1997. Status of Vesperus sinensis Peters, 1880 and remarks on the genus Vespertilio. Vespertilio 2: 59–72. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Vespertilio sinensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Fukui, D., Sano, A. & Kruskop, S.V. 2019. IUCN: Vespertilio sinensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22949A22071812. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22949A22071812.en

Vernacular names

English: Asian Particolored Bat