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SPECIES Vespertilio sinensis

Author:Peters, 1880.
Citation:Monatsber. K. Preuss. Acad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880: 259.
Common Name:Asian Particolored Bat
Type Locality:Peking (China).
Distribution:China, Ussuri region (Russia), Korea, Japan, Taiwan.
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Vespertilio superans.
Comments:Includes nameiyei and orientalis; see Yoshiyuki (1989) and Horácek (1997). The name superans was commonly applied to this taxon until Horácek (1997) demonstrated that sinensis (erroneously grouped in Nyctalus in previous classifications) is the oldest name for the species.
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SUBSPECIES sinensis

SUBSPECIES andersoni

SUBSPECIES namiyei

SUBSPECIES noctula

SUBSPECIES orientalis

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