Barbastella Leucomelas
The Arabian barbastelle (''Barbastella leucomelas''), also known as the levant barbastelle, is a species of vesper bat. Its habitat is temperate forests and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is found in Egypt ( Sinai), Israel, and Eritrea. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1826 by German scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar. Cretzschmar initially placed it in the genus ''Vespertilio'', with the binomial ''Vespertilio leucomelas''. Its species name "''leucomelas''" is from Ancient Greek "'' leukomélās''" meaning "black and white." Previously, it was also thought to have a wider range across much of Asia, and accordingly was named the "eastern barbastelle" or "Asian barbastelle". However, genetic studies indicated that the species was paraphyletic as previously defined, with ''B. leucomelas'' from Egypt (''B. leucomelas sensu stricto'') being the sister species to the Beijing barbastelle (''B. beijingensis''), with the clade containing both ...
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Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural science, natural scientist. Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach, Hesse, Sulzbach and studied medicine at the University of Würzburg. He taught anatomy and zoology at the Johann Christian Senckenberg, Senckenberg Medical Institute of Frankfurt.translated biography
NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie Cretzschmar was the founder and second director of the Senckenberg Museum, Senckenberg Natural History Society in 1817.Senckenberg Gesselschaft fur Naturforschung
Cretzschmar-Medaille One of the founding members of the society was Eduard Rüppell, and the two men coll ...
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