Plecotini

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Plecotini
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–present
File:Plecotus auritus 01.jpg
Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Plecotini
Gray, 1866
Genera

Barbastella
Corynorhinus
Euderma
Idionycteris
Otonycteris
Plecotus

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]

The oldest fossil record of this group is Qinetia from the early Oligocene of Belgium.[5]

Species

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Species in the tribe include:[1]

Fossil species

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