Nyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) . Die Säugethiere, 1:166.

TYPE LOCALITY: France .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe to Urals and Caucasus; Morocco; Algeria; SE Asia Minor to Israel; Western Turkmenistan to SW Siberia, Himalayas, and China, south to W Malaysia; Taiwan; Honshu (Japan); a dubious record from Mozambique.

SYNONYMS: altivolans, furvus, labiatus, lardarius, lebanoticus, macuanus, magnus, mecklenburzevi, minima, palustris, plancei, princeps, proterus, rufescens, sinensis, velutinus .

COMMENTS: Includes furvus and velutinus; see Corbet (1978c:55); but see also Yoshiyuki (1989).