Barbastella leucomelas

Barbastella leucomelas

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: Plecotini
Genus: Barbastella
Species: Barbastella leucomelas

Name

Barbastella leucomelas (Cretzschmar, 1830)

• Lectotype: SMF 4373 (formerly II.M.1a), mounted skin with skull, collected by Rüppell between 1822-1827. [designated by Mertens (1925: 21)]
• Type locality: “Das petraeische Arabien”, restricted to “Sinai” by Flower (1932: 384), and to “the area of the Sinaitic peninsula to the south of the connecting line between the towns of Suez and Aqaba” by Benda et al. (2008: 53).
• Paralectotype: SMF 12393 (formerly II.M.1b), same data as for the lectotype.

Combinations

• Vespertilio leucomelas Cretzschmar, 1830: Taf. 28, fig. b, 73 [original combination]
• Plecotus leucomelas: Gray, 1838: 495 [subsequent combination]
• Synotus leucomelas: Rüppell, 1842: 156 [subsequent combination]
• Barbastella darjelingensis leucomelas: Tate, 1942: 265 [subsequent combination]
• Barbastella leucomelas: Ryberg, 1947: 94 [subsequent combination]
• Barbastella barbastellus leucomelas: Kock, 1969: 176 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Jordan
• Israel
• Egypt: Sinai
• Eritrea

References

Primary references

• Cretzschmar, P.J. 1826–1830. Säugethiere. Pp.: 1–78 + 30 pls. In: Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft (ed.). Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Erste Abtheilung: Zoologie. Commission bei Heinr. Ludw. Brönner: Frankfurt am Main. BHL 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. 

Additional references

• 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. & Mlíkovský, J. 2008. Nomenclatural notes on the Asian forms of Barbastella bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Lynx 39(1): 31–46. Reference page. 

Links

• Monadjem, A., Tsytsulina, K., Hutson, A.M., Benda, P., Aulagnier, S. & Sharifi, M. 2017. IUCN: Barbastella leucomelas  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T85181182A22029016. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T85181182A22029016.en. Accessed on 09 October 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Östliche Mopsfledermaus
English: Eastern Barbastelle
հայերեն: Չղջիկ լայնականջ ասիական
日本語: チチブコウモリ

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