Plecotus
Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Plecotini
Genus:	Plecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818
Type species
Vespertilio auritus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text

Plecotus is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.^[1]

Genus Plecotus – long-eared bats

• Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus
• Grey long-eared bat, Plecotus austriacus
• Ethiopian long-eared bat, Plecotus balensis
• Christie's long-eared bat, Plecotus christii
• Gaisler's long-eared bat, Plecotus gaisleri
• Himalayan long-eared bat, Plecotus homochrous
• Mediterranean long-eared bat, Plecotus kolombatovici
• Kozlov's long-eared bat, Plecotus kozlovi
• Alpine long-eared bat, Plecotus macrobullaris
• Ognev's long-eared bat Plecotus ognevi
• Japanese long-eared bat, Plecotus sacrimontis
• Sardinian long-eared bat, Plecotus sardus
• Strelkov's long-eared bat, Plecotus strelkovi
• Taiwan long-eared bat, Plecotus taivanus
• Canary long-eared bat, Plecotus teneriffae
• Turkmen long-eared bat, Plecotus turkmenicus
• Ward's long-eared bat, Plecotus wardi

• Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Genus Plecotus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 482–483. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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