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Plecotini

Plecotini

Tribe of vesper bats

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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

Species in the tribe include:[1]

Fossil species

  • †Qinetia[5]
    • †Qinetia misonnei (early Oligocene of Belgium)

References

  1. [1]
    Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, doi:10.5281/zenodo.5651212, retrieved 2021-12-07
  2. [2]
    "ITIS - Report: Plecotini". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. [3]
    "ADW: Plecotini: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. [4]
    "BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Plecotini, big-eared bats, spotted bats, and barbastelles: CLASSIFICATION". www.biokids.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. [5]
    Spitzenberger, Friederike; Strelkov, Petr P.; Winkler, Hans; Haring, Elisabeth (2006). "A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results". Zoologica Scripta. 35 (3): 187–230. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 86065200.
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