Barbastella

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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Barbastella is a genus of vespertilionid bats.^[1] 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^[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

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