Nyctalus furvus Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1968

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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 ).

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.

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FIGURE 32. Range map of Nyctalus furvus in Korea.