Barbastella

Barbastella is a genus of vespertilionid bats.^[1] There are seven extant species in this genus and one only known from fossil remains.

Barbastella
Western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Plecotini
Genus:	Barbastella Gray, 1821
Type species
Vespertilio barbastellus Schreber, 1774
Species
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Species

The 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

1. 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.
2. 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

• Media related to Barbastella at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Barbastella at Wikispecies