# Plecotini

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{{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](/source/Brown_long-eared_bat) (''Plecotus auritus'')
| taxon = Plecotini
| authority = [Gray](/source/John_Edward_Gray), 1866
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''[Barbastella](/source/Barbastella)''<br>
''[Corynorhinus](/source/Corynorhinus)''<br>
''[Euderma](/source/Euderma)''<br>
''[Idionycteris](/source/Idionycteris)''<br>
''[Otonycteris](/source/Otonycteris)''<br>
''[Plecotus](/source/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](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of [bats](/source/Bat) in the family [Vespertilionidae](/source/Vespertilionidae). It contains several genera found throughout the [Northern Hemisphere](/source/Northern_Hemisphere), in [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia), [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), and [North America](/source/North_America). Several genera in this tribe are known as '''big-eared bats''' or '''long-eared bats'''. It also contains the [spotted bat](/source/spotted_bat) and [barbastelles](/source/Barbastella).<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](/source/Qinetia)'' from the early [Oligocene](/source/Oligocene) of [Belgium](/source/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](/source/Barbastella)'' – barbastelles or barbastelle bats
** [Western barbastelle](/source/Western_barbastelle), ''Barbastella barbastellus''
** [Beijing barbastelle](/source/Beijing_barbastelle), ''Barbastella beijingensis''
** [Caspian barbastelle](/source/Caspian_barbastelle), ''Barbastella caspica''
** [Eastern barbastelle](/source/Eastern_barbastelle) or Asian barbastelle, ''Barbastella darjelingensis''
** [Arabian barbastelle](/source/Asian_barbastelle), ''Barbastella leucomelas''
** [Japanese barbastelle](/source/Japanese_barbastelle), ''Barbastella pacifica''
* Genus ''[Corynorhinus](/source/Corynorhinus)'' – American lump-nosed bats
** [Rafinesque's big-eared bat](/source/Rafinesque's_big-eared_bat), ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii''
** [Mexican big-eared bat](/source/Mexican_big-eared_bat), ''Corynorhinus mexicanus''
** [Leon Paniagua's big-eared bat](/source/Leon_Paniagua's_big-eared_bat), ''Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae''
** [Townsend's big-eared bat](/source/Townsend's_big-eared_bat), ''Corynorhinus townsendii''
* Genus ''[Euderma](/source/Euderma)''
** [Spotted bat](/source/Spotted_bat), ''Euderma maculatum''
* Genus ''[Idionycteris](/source/Idionycteris)''
** [Allen's big-eared bat](/source/Allen's_big-eared_bat), ''Idionycteris phyllotis''
* Genus ''[Otonycteris](/source/Otonycteris)''
** [Desert long-eared bat](/source/Desert_long-eared_bat), ''Otonycteris hemprichii''
** [Turkestani long-eared bat](/source/Turkestani_long-eared_bat), ''Otonycteris leucophaea''
* Genus ''[Plecotus](/source/Plecotus)'' – lump-nosed bats
** [Brown long-eared bat](/source/Brown_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus auritus''
** [Grey long-eared bat](/source/Grey_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus austriacus''
** [Ethiopian long-eared bat](/source/Ethiopian_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus balensis''
** [Christie's long-eared bat](/source/Christie's_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus christii''
** [Gaisler's long-eared bat](/source/Gaisler's_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus gaisleri''
** [Himalayan long-eared bat](/source/Himalayan_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus homochrous''
** [Mediterranean long-eared bat](/source/Mediterranean_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus kolombatovici''
** [Kozlov's long-eared bat](/source/Kozlov's_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus kozlovi''
** [Alpine long-eared bat](/source/Alpine_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus macrobullaris''
** [Ognev's long-eared bat](/source/Ognev's_long-eared_bat) ''Plecotus ognevi''
** [Japanese long-eared bat](/source/Japanese_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus sacrimontis''
** [Sardinian long-eared bat](/source/Sardinian_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus sardus''
** [Strelkov's long-eared bat](/source/Strelkov's_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus strelkovi''
** [Taiwan long-eared bat](/source/Taiwan_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus taivanus''
** [Canary long-eared bat](/source/Canary_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus teneriffae''
** [Turkmen long-eared bat](/source/Turkmen_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus turkmenicus''
** [Ward's long-eared bat](/source/Ward's_long-eared_bat), ''Plecotus wardi''

=== Fossil species ===

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

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

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