Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status Author Jo, Yeong-Seok Author Baccus, John T. Author Koprowski, John L. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-19 4522 1 1 216 journal article 27944 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1 58e0c7c5-75ec-4b1b-beb0-d01527f710f9 1175-5326 2610198 C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529 Nyctalus furvus Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1968 —Japanese Noctule Nyctalus furvus Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1968 p.127 ; Type locality-Japan; Yoon, 2010 p.57 . Ƒespertilio noctula Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1842 p.15 . N. noctula namiyei Kuroda, 1920 p.601 . Ƒ. aurijunctus Mori, 1928 p.477 . N. noctula montanus Kishida, 1934 p.26 ( Nomen nudum ). N. noctula motoyoshii Kuroda, 1934b p.3 ( Nomen novum ); Kuroda, 1938 p.99 ; Won, 1958 p.456 ; Won, 1967 p.328 ; Won, 1968 p.108 . Ƒ. namiyei : Won, 1967 p.341 . N. noctula : Han, 1994 p.45 ; Son, 2001 p.117 . Range: Previous records of N. furvus clustered in northern Korea , but recent collections came mostly from central and southeastern Korea ( Son 2001 ; Yoon 2010 ; Fig. 32 ). FIGURE 32. Range map of Nyctalus furvus in Korea. Remarks: Nyctalus noctula motoyoshii is considered a synonym of Nyctalus furvus ( Fukui 2009a ) . Formerly, two subspecies of N. noctula ( motoyoshii and namiyei ) were reported from Korea ( Won 1967 ). Although Won (1967) considered N. n. namiyei as Vespertilio namiyei and Corbet (1978) changed N. n. motoyoshii to V. superans , both subspecies were regarded as synonyms of Vespertilio sinensis ( Fukui 2009a , b ). Recently, the taxon N. n. motoyoshii was transferred from V. sinensis to N. furvus ( Fukui 2009a ) . Although previous records of N. n. motoyoshii in Korea were doubtful (no voucher specimen; Won 1968 ), N. furvus has appeared on the list of Korean bats since the first record (or re-discovery) in 1995 ( Yoon 2009 ). Nyctalus n. namiyei is considered a synonym of Vespertilio sinensis . Conservation status: Maeda and Sano (2008) regarded N. furvus as an endemic species in Japan and listed the species as ‘Vulnerable’ based on Japanese populations. As in Japan , only a few records of N. furvus have been reported in Korea .