Barbastella Explained

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

Species

The genus consists of the following species:

• Barbastella barbastellus – western barbastelle
• Barbastella beijingensis – Beijing barbastelle^[1]
• Barbastella caspica – Caspian barbastelle
• Barbastella darjelingensis – eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle
• Barbastella leucomelas – Arabian barbastelle
• Barbastella pacifica – Japanese barbastelle
• Barbastella maxima

Notes and References

1. 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-114R2.1 . Zhang . J. S. . Han . N. J. . Jones . G. . Lin . L. K. . Zhang . J. P. . Zhu . G. J. . Huang . D. W. . Zhang . S. Y. . A New Species of Barbastella (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from North China . Journal of Mammalogy . 88 . 6 . 1393–1403 . December 2007 . 25145034 . free .