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Barbastella

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Barbastella was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionina by Gray (1825); and to Vespertilionidae by Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Barbastella Gray
1825Barbastellus Gray p. 339
1968Barbastella Kurten p. 56
1980Barbastella Kurten and Anderson
1997Barbastella McKenna and Bell p. 318

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusBarbastella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Barbastella Gray 1821
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Barbastella leucomelas Cretzschmar 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) B. schadleri (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) B. barbastella (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary B. barbastellus (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) B. leucomelas (35472)