''Barbastella'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats. There are seven extant species in this
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
and one only known from fossil remains.
Species
The genus consists of the following species:
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Barbastella barbastellus
The western barbastelle (''Barbastella barbastellus''), also known as the barbastelle or barbastelle bat, is a European bat in the genus ''Barbastella''. This species is found from Portugal to Azerbaijan and from Sweden to Canary Islands, whe ...
'' – western barbastelle
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Barbastella beijingensis'' – Beijing barbastelle
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Barbastella caspica'' – Caspian barbastelle
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Barbastella darjelingensis
The eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle (''Barbastella darjelingensis'') is a species of Vespertilionidae, vesper bat found throughout much of Asia, from Afghanistan to Taiwan.
Taxonomy
It was described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1855, ...
'' – eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle
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Barbastella leucomelas'' – Arabian barbastelle
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Barbastella pacifica'' – Japanese barbastelle
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Barbastella maxima''
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Bat genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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