Barbastella barbastellus

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae; Barbastella; Barbastella barbastellus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11327668; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/813BF30C5A65F3E1B90BFCCFD3B75CC5

Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber 1774) [Vespertilio] barbastellus Schreber 1774, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1: 168. Type Locality: France, Burgundy. Vernacular Names: Western Barbastelle. Subspecies:: Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. barbastellus Schreber 1774 Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. guanchae Trujillo, Ibáñez, and Juste 2002 Distribution: England and W Europe to Caucasus; Bulgaria; Turkey; Crimea (Ukraine); Morocco; larger Mediterranean islands; Canary Isls; perhaps Senegal. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. Discussion: Apparently does not include leucomelas , but see Qumsiyeh (1985) and Benda and Horácek (1998), who suggested that they might be conspecific (see discussion under leucomelas ). Reviewed by Trujillo et al. (2002). Juste et al. (2003) discussed phylogeography of this species. Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, pp. 451-529 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 480, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519