28o 



B. AO KI : 



Ind. Mus., p. 83 (1876) ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 297 

 (1888—91); Miller, Smith, Inst. U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 57, p. 224 

 (1907). 



Macro tus, Leach, Cat. Spec. Indig. Mamm. and Birds, Brit. Mus. 

 (Willughby Society reprint, 1882), p. 1 (18 16). 



42. Plecotus auritus (Linn.). 



Vespertilio awitus, Linnaeus, S. N., p. 32 (1758); Schreber, 

 Säugeth., p. 163 (1775); Geoffroy, Ann. du Mus., viii, p. 197 (1806); 

 Desmarest, Mamm., p. 144 (1820). 



Plecotus auritus, Geoffroy, Descr. de l'Egypte, ii, p. 118 (1812) ; 

 Keyserling et Blasius, Wiegm. Archiv, 1839, P« 3°6 ; Blasius, Fauna 

 Deutschi., pl. 39, p. 37 (1857); Schrenck, Amur Land, Mamm., 

 p. 115 (1859); Kinahan, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Dublin, ii, p. 154 

 (1859); Dobson, Monogr. Chiropt. Ind. Mus., p. 84 (1876); Blanford, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind. Mamm., p. 297 (1888 — 91); Namiye, Zool. Mag., 

 Tokyo, i, p. 510 (1889); Thomas, P. Z. S., 1907, p. 406; ibid., 1911, 

 p. 131. 



Nom. Jap. Usagi-kömori. 



DlST. The Palasarctic region, extending from Ireland through 

 Europe and North Africa to the Himalayas, and probably generally 

 distributed throughout the temperate parts of Asia (Dobson) ; Japan : 

 Hondo, Hokkaido and Kuril Islands. 



Gen. Barbastello, Gray. 



Barbastella, Gray, London medical repository, xv, p. 300, (1821) ; 

 Miller, Ann. Mag. N. H., (6), xx, p. 385 (1897); ibid., Smith. Inst. 

 U. S. Nat, Mus. Bull. 57, p. 223 (1907). 



I) Other Synonyms of Plecotus auritus are as follows: — 



Vespertilio o/iis Boie, 1825; Vespertilio cor nut us Faber, 1826; Vespertìlio brevimanus 

 Jenyns, 1828 ; Plecotus crgyptiacus Geoffroy ; Plecotus peronii Geoffroy ; Plecotus cliristii 

 Gray, 1838; Plecotus bjnipzrtii Gray 1838 (Dobson). Plecotus Iwmochrous Hodgson; 

 Plecotus auritus var. brevimanus Severtzoff, 1876; Plecotus leucopliaus Severtzoff, 1876. 



