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Plecotus auritus, commonly known as the brown long-eared bat, is a species within the family Vespertilionidae. It belongs to the order Chiroptera, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The scientific name was established by Linnaeus in 1758, and the taxon is currently accepted. Common names for this organism also include Orejudo Dorado, Oreillard brun, and Oreillard roux.
This bat has a wingspan of 0.254 and a maximum observed lifespan of 30 years in the wild. Its habitat consists of forests and shrublands. The taxon range includes the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Sweden. Additional records indicate presence in Belgium, France, Russia, and Luxembourg.
The IUCN conservation status for Plecotus auritus is Least Concern, a designation from 2008. A regional conservation status of Near Threatened is also noted. The species is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Least Concernbrown long-eared bat
Plecotus auritus
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderChiroptera
- FamilyVespertilionidae
Maximum longevity: 30 years (wild)
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,243
- With media
- 591
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM
- Recorded in
- Belgium, France, Russia, Luxembourg
Bird sounds
- echolocation· Sweden· quality A
- echolocation· Sweden· quality A
- social call· Netherlands· quality A
- echolocation, social call· Netherlands· quality A
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Plecotus auritus
- Commons category
- Plecotus auritus
- Commons gallery
- Plecotus auritus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon common name
- gacek brunatny
- wingspan
- 0.254
- longest observed lifespan
- 30
- habitat
- shrubland
- taxon range
- Ukraine
- short name
- P. auritus
- regional conservation status
- Near Threatened
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat, which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s. An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of 4.5–4.8 cm, a tail of 4.1–4.6 cm, and a forearm length of 4–4.2 cm. The ears are 3.3–3.9 cm in length, and readily distinguish the long-eared bats from most other bat species. They are relatively slow flyers compared to other bat species.
The brown long-eared bat outstretches its ears before takeoff.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plecotus auritus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.