Barbastella
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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. It literally means "starbeard", and comes from the Latin words Script error: No such module "Lang"., 'beard', and Script error: No such module "Lang"., 'star', referring to the clusters of stiff hairs that some bats of this genus have around their nostrils, which may resemble a beard or, perhaps, the arrangement of the rays of a star. Furthermore, the Italian term Script error: No such module "Lang". is common for bats in northeastern Italy, especially in Ferrara and Bologna; this regional use of Italian could have influenced or been related to the choice of the scientific name. Script error: No such module "Lang". is also believed to have originated from the Latin Script error: No such module "Lang"., the classical word for 'bat'.
Species
The genus consists of the following species:
- Barbastella barbastellus (Western barbastelle);[2]
- Barbastella beijingensis (Beijing barbastelle);[3]
- Barbastella caspica (Caspian barbastelle);[4]
- Barbastella darjelingensis (Eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle);[5][6]
- Barbastella leucomelas (Arabian barbastelle);[7][8]
- Barbastella pacifica (Japanese barbastelle);[9]
- Template:ExtinctBarbastella maxima (An extinct barbastelle discovered in 2019 in Gritsev, Ukraine).[10]
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External links
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