Plecotini
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.
| Plecotini Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe: | Plecotini Gray, 1866 |
| Genera | |
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Barbastella | |
The oldest fossil record of this group is Qinetia from the early Oligocene of Belgium.
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