Plecotini
Tribe of vesper bats
"Long-eared bat" redirects here. For the American long-eared bat, see
long-eared myotis . For the African long-eared bats, see
Laephotis . For the Australasian long-eared bats, see
Nyctophilus .
Plecotini is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae . It contains several genera found throughout the Northern Hemisphere , in Eurasia , North Africa , and North America . Several genera in this tribe are known as big-eared bats or long-eared bats . It also contains the spotted bat and barbastelles .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
The oldest fossil record of this group is Qinetia from the early Oligocene of Belgium .[ 5]
Species
Species in the tribe include:[ 1]
Genus Barbastella – barbastelles or barbastelle bats
Genus Corynorhinus – American lump-nosed bats
Genus Euderma
Genus Idionycteris
Genus Otonycteris
Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed 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
Fossil species
References
^ a b Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database , doi :10.5281/zenodo.5651212 , retrieved 2021-12-07
^ "ITIS - Report: Plecotini" . www.itis.gov . Retrieved 2021-12-07 .
^ "ADW: Plecotini: CLASSIFICATION" . animaldiversity.org . Retrieved 2021-12-07 .
^ "BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Plecotini, big-eared bats, spotted bats, and barbastelles: CLASSIFICATION" . www.biokids.umich.edu . Retrieved 2021-12-07 .
^ a b Spitzenberger, Friederike; Strelkov, Petr P.; Winkler, Hans; Haring, Elisabeth (2006). "A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results" . Zoologica Scripta . 35 (3): 187–230. doi :10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x . ISSN 1463-6409 . S2CID 86065200 .