Taxonavigation

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Plecotini
Genus: Plecotus
Species: Plecotus auritus
Subspecies: P. a. auritus – P. a. begognae – P. a. homochrous – P. a. uenoi

Name

• Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Vespertilio auritus
  • Type locality: Sweden

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 32. Reference page. 
• Caroline Moussy 2011: Selection of Old Stone Buildings as Summer Day Roost by the Brown Long-Eared Bat Plecotus auritus. Acta Chiropterologica, 13 (1): 101–111. DOI: 10.3161/150811011X578651
• Entwistle, A.C., P.A. Racey & J.R. Speakman. 1996. Habitat exploitation by a gleaning bat, Plecotus auritus, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 351: 921–931.
• Entwistle, A.C., P.A. Racey & J.R. Speakman. 1997. Roost Selection by the Brown Long-Eared Bat Plecotus auritus, The Journal of Applied Ecology, 34: 399–408.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Plecotus auritus  (Least Concern)
• Plecotus auritus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Distribution

• Norway, Ireland, and Spain to Sakhalin Island (Russia), Korea, Japan, North China, Nepal, India

Vernacular names

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