Plecotini

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]

Plecotini
Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Plecotini
Gray, 1866
Genera

Barbastella
Corynorhinus
Euderma
Idionycteris
Otonycteris
Plecotus

Species

Species in the tribe include:[1]

References

  1. Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-12-07
  2. "ITIS - Report: Plecotini". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. "ADW: Plecotini: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. "BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Plecotini, big-eared bats, spotted bats, and barbastelles: CLASSIFICATION". www.biokids.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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