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Barbastella leucomelas  (Cretzschmar, 1826)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 631927

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Vespertilio leucomelas Cretzschmar, 1826
  
    Barbastella leucomelas leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1826)
  
  Common Name(s): Eastern Barbastelle [English]
  
    Asian Barbastelle [English]
  
    Arabian Barbastelle [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821 – vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats  
                                           SubfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821  
                                              TribePlecotini Gray, 1866 – long-eared bats  
                                                 GenusBarbastella Gray, 1821  
                                                    SpeciesBarbastella leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1826) – Eastern Barbastelle, Asian Barbastelle, Arabian Barbastelle  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Benda, Petr, and Jirí Mlíkovsky  
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural notes on the Asian forms of Barbastella bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Lynx, n.s., vol. 39, no. 1   
  Page(s): 31-46   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0024-7774   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.nm.cz/publikace/publikace-detail-en.php?id=11   
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kruskop, Sergei V.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Dark and pale: taxonomic status of the barbastelle (Barbastella: Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) from Central Asia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Acta Chiropterologica, vol. 17, no. 1   
  Page(s): 49-57   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1508-1109   
  Notes: doi: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.1.004   
  Reference for: Asian Barbastelle[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas, Eastern Barbastelle [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas, Arabian Barbastelle [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Barbastella leucomelas, Eastern Barbastelle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Reviewed in part by De Blase (1980), Qumsiyeh (1985), Yoshiyuki (1989), Harrison and Bates (1991), and Bates and Harrison (1997). Horácek et al. (2000) suggested that the western subspecies leucomelas may be conspecific with barbastellus, but retained these as separate species pending further study. If leucomelas is conspecific with barbastellus, the oldest name for the Eastern Barbastelle (widely regarded as a distinct species) would be darjelingensis. Japanese populations may also be dist...  
 

 

    

 
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