Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber 1774) [Vespertilio] barbastellus Schreber 1774 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1: 168 . Type Locality: France , Burgundy . Vernacular Names: Western Barbastelle . Subspecies: : Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. barbastellus Schreber 1774 Subspecies Barbastella barbastellus subsp. guanchae Trujillo, Ibáñez, and Juste 2002 Distribution: England and W Europe to Caucasus; Bulgaria ; Turkey ; Crimea ( Ukraine ); Morocco ; larger Mediterranean islands; Canary Isls; perhaps Senegal . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. Discussion: Apparently does not include leucomelas , but see Qumsiyeh (1985) and Benda and Horácek (1998), who suggested that they might be conspecific (see discussion under leucomelas ). Reviewed by Trujillo et al. (2002) . Juste et al. (2003) discussed phylogeography of this species.