Plecotini is a

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in the family

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. It contains several genera found throughout the

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, in

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, and

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. Several genera in this tribe are known as big-eared bats or long-eared bats. It also contains the

spotted bat The spotted bat (''Euderma maculatum'') is a species of vesper bat and the only species of the genus ''Euderma''. Description The spotted bat was first described by zoologist Joel Asaph Allen from the American Museum of Natural History in 1891. ...

and barbastelles. The oldest fossil record of this group is '' Qinetia'' from the early

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Species

Species in the tribe include: * Genus '' Barbastella'' – barbastelles or barbastelle bats **

Western barbastelle The western barbastelle (''Barbastella barbastellus''), also known as the barbastelle or barbastelle bat, is a European bat in the genus '' Barbastella''. This species is found from Portugal to Azerbaijan and from Sweden to Canary Islands, where ...

, ''Barbastella barbastellus'' ** Beijing barbastelle, ''Barbastella beijingensis'' ** Caspian barbastelle, ''Barbastella caspica'' ** Eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle, ''Barbastella darjelingensis'' ** Arabian barbastelle, ''Barbastella leucomelas'' ** Japanese barbastelle, ''Barbastella pacifica'' * Genus '' Corynorhinus'' – American lump-nosed bats **

Rafinesque's big-eared bat Rafinesque's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus rafinesquii''), sometimes known as the southeastern big-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat native to the southeastern United States. Description As its name implies, this species has ears over an in ...

, ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' ** Mexican big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus mexicanus'' ** Leon Paniagua's big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae'' **

Townsend's big-eared bat Townsend's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus townsendii'') is a species of vesper bat. Description Townsend's big-eared bat is a medium-sized bat (7–12 g)

, ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' * Genus '' Euderma'' **

Spotted bat The spotted bat (''Euderma maculatum'') is a species of vesper bat and the only species of the genus ''Euderma''. Description The spotted bat was first described by zoologist Joel Asaph Allen from the American Museum of Natural History in 1891. ...

, ''Euderma maculatum'' * Genus '' Idionycteris'' ** Allen's big-eared bat, ''Idionycteris phyllotis'' * Genus '' Otonycteris'' ** Desert long-eared bat, ''Otonycteris hemprichii'' ** Turkestani long-eared bat, ''Otonycteris leucophaea'' * Genus ''

Plecotus ''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 Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family ...

'' – lump-nosed bats **

Brown long-eared bat The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (''Plecotus auritus'') is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was ...

, ''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 The Sardinian long-eared bat (''Plecotus sardus'') is a critically-endangered species of bat endemic to Sardinia, Italy. This species was discovered in 2002 in the caves of central Sardinia, the type locality being a cave in Lanaitto's Valley ...

, ''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

* †'' Qinetia'' ** †'' Qinetia misonnei'' (early Oligocene of Belgium)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6080568 Mammal tribes Vesper bats Taxa named by John Edward Gray