Barbastella is a genus of vespertilionid bats.[1] There are seven extant species in this genus and one only known from fossil remains.
| Barbastella | |
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| Western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Plecotini |
| Genus: | Barbastella Gray, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber, 1774
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| Species | |
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Species
editThe genus consists of the following species:
- Barbastella barbastellus – western barbastelle
- Barbastella beijingensis – Beijing barbastelle[2]
- Barbastella caspica – Caspian barbastelle [citation needed]
- Barbastella darjelingensis – eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle
- Barbastella leucomelas – Arabian barbastelle
- Barbastella pacifica – Japanese barbastelle [citation needed]
- †Barbastella maxima
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Zhang, J. S.; Han, N. J.; Jones, G.; Lin, L. K.; Zhang, J. P.; Zhu, G. J.; Huang, D. W.; Zhang, S. Y. (December 2007). "A New Species of Barbastella (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from North China" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 88 (6): 1393–1403. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-114R2.1. JSTOR 25145034.
External links
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Data related to Barbastella at Wikispecies
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