Plecotus auritus Linnaeus 1758 (common long-eared bat)
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