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Vespertilio sinensis

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Vespertilio sinensis (Peters, 1880) —Asian Particolored Bat

Ƒesperus sinensis Peters, 1880 p.259; Type locality- Beijing, China; Simmons, 2005 p.498.

Ƒespertilio murinus superans Thomas, 1898 p.770; Type locality- Hebei, China; Kuroda, 1938 p.102; Tate, 1947 p.90.

Ƒespertilio superans: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.152; Won, 1958 p.458; Won, 1967 p.344; Won, 1968 p.122; Corbet, 1978 p.58; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.15; Yoon, 2010 p.77.

Ƒespertilio superans superans: Corbet, 1978 p.58.

Range: The distribution of V. sinensis covers all Korea (Yoon 2010), but the Asian particolored bat appears more in northern Korea (Won 1968; Fig. 34). The species was locally abundant even around Seoul and Gyeonggi Province until the 1970s but is extremely rare in South Korea (Son 2001). This species was recently discovered in Busan, Geoje and Mungyeong, South Korea.

Remarks: This bat has a confusing taxonomy. Vespertilio namiyei was considered a subspecies of V. sinensis (Corbet 1978; Simmons 2005). Vespertilio sinensis was erroneously assigned to the Genus Nyctalus (Simmons 2005) and listed as a synonym of N. noctula (Corbet 1978; Koopman 1993). Some taxonomists insisted on the name V. superans (Yoon 2010). However, V. sinensis has priority as the oldest name for this species (Horácek 1997; Simmons 2005).

Conservation status: The Red Data Book for North Korea lists the species as ‘Rare’ (MAB National Committee of DPR Korea 2002), whereas, in South Korea it is listed as ‘Least Concern’ (NIBR 2012).

Notes

Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Peters
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Vespertilio
Species
sinensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Vespertilio sinensis (Peters, 1880) sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018

References

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  • Simmons, N. B. (2005) Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (Eds.), Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3 rd Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 312 - 529.
  • Thomas, O. (1898) On mammals collected by Mr. J. D. La Touche at Kuatun, N. W. Fokien, China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 66, 769 - 775. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1898. tb 03180. x
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  • Tate, G. H. (1947) Mammals of Eastern Asia. The Macmillan Company, New York, 366 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 6397
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  • Yoon, M. H. (2010) Fertebrate Fauna of Korea. Fol. 5. No. 1 (Chordata: Fertebrata: Mammalia: Theria: Chiroptera) Bats. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 123 pp.
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  • MAB National Committee of DPR Korea (2002) Red Data Book of DPRK (Animal). Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Pyongyang, 316 pp.