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Plecotus

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Description

The genus Plecotus consists of the long-eared bats. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecotus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5428957	https://www.gbif.org/species/5428957
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40684	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40684

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : Plecotus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
order	Chiroptera	Blumenbach 1779
suborder	Microchiroptera	Dobson 1875
superfamily	Vespertilionoidea
family	Vespertilionidae	Gray 1821
subfamily	Vespertilionae	Kurten and Anderson 1980
genus	Plecotus	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1818

Scientific Name

Plecotus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818

Name Published In

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1818. Description des mammifères qui se trouvent en Égypte. In: Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée française. Histoire naturelle. Imprimerie royale, Paris. Vol. 2: 99–144.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plecotus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionina	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Plecotus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionidae	stated without evidence	Kurten, 1968
Plecotus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

8.70 - 7.75 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Chiroptera)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Vespertilionidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Chiroptera)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America

Common Name(s)

Big-eared Bats

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecotus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plecotus (Paraplecotus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Corynorhinus alleganiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Corynorhinus tetralophodon ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Plecotus alpinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus ariel species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus auritus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Common Long-eared Bat	6	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Plecotus austriacus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Plecotus balensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus christiei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus crassidens species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	4.90 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Plecotus homochrous species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus kolombatovici species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus kozlovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus macrobullaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus naderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus ognevi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus rabederi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corynorhinus rafinesquii rafinesquii subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	1.80 Ma Pleistocene	1.80 Ma Pleistocene
Plecotus sacrimontis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus sardus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus strelkovi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus taivanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus teneriffae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Townsend's Big-eared Bat	2	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Plecotus turkmenicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plecotus wardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Macrotus Leach, 1816	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Macrotus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1818	Plecotus Geoffroy
1825	Plecotus Gray p. 339
1968	Plecotus Kurten p. 54
1980	Plecotus Kurten and Anderson p. 124

References

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317

De Jong, Y.; Verbeek, M.; Michelsen, V.; Bjørn, P. D. P.; Los, W.; Steeman, F.; Bailly, N.; Basire, C.; Chylarecki, P.; Stloukal, E.; Hagedorn, G.; Wetzel, F.; Glöckler, F.; Kroupa, A.; Korb, G.; Hoffmann, A.; Häuser, C.; Kohlbecker, A.; Müller, A.; Güntsch, A.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L. (2014). Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2: e4034. - via World Register of Marine Species

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Tvrtkovic et al., 2005 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Descrip. de L'Egypte vol. 2 p. 112 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Spitzenberger, Friederike, Peter Strelkov, Hans Winkler, and Elisabeth Haring, 2006: A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results. Zoologica Scripta, vol. 35, no. 3. 187-230. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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