Plecotus
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The genus
Plecotus consists of the lump-nosed bats. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Plecotus consists of the lump-nosed bats. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.
Species
Genus Plecotus - Lump-nosed bats- Plecotus ariel
- Brown Long-eared BatBrown long-eared batThe brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold...
, Plecotus auritus - Grey Long-eared BatGrey long-eared batThe grey long-eared bat is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths. It is extremely similar to the more common brown long-eared bat, and was only distinguished in the 1960s, but has a...
, Plecotus austriacus - Ethiopian Big-eared BatEthiopian Big-eared BatThe Ethiopian Big-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: possibly Eritrea and Ethiopia....
, Plecotus balensis - Plecotus begognae
- Christi's Big-eared Bat, Plecotus christiei
- Plecotus gaisleri
- Plecotus homochrous
- Mediterranean Long-eared Bat, Plecotus kolombatovici
- Plecotus kozlovi
- Alpine Long-Eared BatAlpine Long-Eared BatThe Alpine Long-eared Bat is a species of lump-nosed bat. It was originally described from Switzerland and Austria as a species intermediate between the Brown Long-eared Bat and the Grey Long-eared Bat in 1965. It was later described from in 2001 and 2002, from France and Austria, respectively...
, Plecotus macrobullaris - Plecotus ognevi
- Plecotus sacrimontis
- Sardinian Long-eared BatSardinian Long-eared BatThe Sardinian Long-eared Bat is a species of bat endemic to Sardinia.This species was discovered in 2002 in the caves of central Sardinia. Is currently the only endemic bat discovered in Italy...
, Plecotus sardus - Strelkov's Big-eared Bat, Plecotus strelkovi
- Taiwan Big-eared BatTaiwan Big-eared BatThe Taiwan Big-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Taiwan.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 09 July 2007....
, Plecotus taivanus - Canary Big-eared BatCanary Big-eared BatThe Canary Big-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is endemic to the Canary Islands, but may be found in the following countries: Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia....
, Plecotus teneriffae - Plecotus turkmenicus
- Plecotus wardi