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Plecotus auritus Linnaeus 1758 (common long-eared bat)

Mammalia - Vespertilionidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 233611

Alternative combination: Vespertilio auritus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Plecotus according to O. Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Plecotus (Paraplecotus), Plecotus alleganiensis, Plecotus austriacus, Plecotus crassidens, Plecotus rafinesquii, Plecotus tetralophodon, Plecotus townsendii

Ecology: scansorial insectivore