{{Short description|Tribe of vesper bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Early Oligocene|present}} | image = Plecotus auritus 01.jpg | image_caption = Brown long-eared bat (''Plecotus auritus'') | taxon = Plecotini | authority = Gray, 1866 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''Barbastella''<br> ''Corynorhinus''<br> ''Euderma''<br> ''Idionycteris''<br> ''Otonycteris''<br> ''Plecotus'' }}

{{Redirect|Long-eared bat|the American long-eared bat|long-eared myotis|the African long-eared bats|Laephotis|the Australasian long-eared bats|Nyctophilus}}'''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.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Database|first=Mammal Diversity|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-11-06|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5651212 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5651212|access-date=2021-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Plecotini|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=945864#null|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ADW: Plecotini: CLASSIFICATION|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Plecotini/classification/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=animaldiversity.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BioKIDS - Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species, Plecotini, big-eared bats, spotted bats, and barbastelles: CLASSIFICATION|url=http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Plecotini/classification/|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.biokids.umich.edu}}</ref>

The oldest fossil record of this group is ''Qinetia'' from the early Oligocene of Belgium.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Spitzenberger|first1=Friederike|last2=Strelkov|first2=Petr P.|last3=Winkler|first3=Hans|last4=Haring|first4=Elisabeth|date=2006|title=A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x|journal=Zoologica Scripta|language=en|volume=35|issue=3|pages=187–230|doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x|s2cid=86065200 |issn=1463-6409|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

== Species == Species in the tribe include:<ref name=":0" />

* Genus ''Barbastella'' – barbastelles or barbastelle bats ** Western barbastelle, ''Barbastella barbastellus'' ** Beijing barbastelle, ''Barbastella beijingensis'' ** Caspian barbastelle, ''Barbastella caspica'' ** Eastern barbastelle or Asian barbastelle, ''Barbastella darjelingensis'' ** Arabian barbastelle, ''Barbastella leucomelas'' ** Japanese barbastelle, ''Barbastella pacifica'' * Genus ''Corynorhinus'' – American lump-nosed bats ** Rafinesque's big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' ** Mexican big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus mexicanus'' ** Leon Paniagua's big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae'' ** Townsend's big-eared bat, ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' * Genus ''Euderma'' ** Spotted bat, ''Euderma maculatum'' * Genus ''Idionycteris'' ** Allen's big-eared bat, ''Idionycteris phyllotis'' * Genus ''Otonycteris'' ** Desert long-eared bat, ''Otonycteris hemprichii'' ** Turkestani long-eared bat, ''Otonycteris leucophaea'' * Genus ''Plecotus'' – lump-nosed bats ** Brown long-eared bat, ''Plecotus auritus'' ** Grey long-eared bat, ''Plecotus austriacus'' ** Ethiopian long-eared bat, ''Plecotus balensis'' ** Christie's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus christii'' ** Gaisler's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus gaisleri'' ** Himalayan long-eared bat, ''Plecotus homochrous'' ** Mediterranean long-eared bat, ''Plecotus kolombatovici'' ** Kozlov's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus kozlovi'' ** Alpine long-eared bat, ''Plecotus macrobullaris'' ** Ognev's long-eared bat ''Plecotus ognevi'' ** Japanese long-eared bat, ''Plecotus sacrimontis'' ** Sardinian long-eared bat, ''Plecotus sardus'' ** Strelkov's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus strelkovi'' ** Taiwan long-eared bat, ''Plecotus taivanus'' ** Canary long-eared bat, ''Plecotus teneriffae'' ** Turkmen long-eared bat, ''Plecotus turkmenicus'' ** Ward's long-eared bat, ''Plecotus wardi''

=== Fossil species ===

* †''Qinetia<ref name=":1" />'' ** †''Qinetia misonnei'' (early Oligocene of Belgium)

== References == <references />{{Taxonbar|from=Q6080568}}

Category:Mammal tribes Category:Vespertilionidae Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray