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Brown long-eared bat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Plecotus
Species:	P. auritus
Binomial name
	Plecotus auritus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Vespertilio auritus Linnaeus, 1758

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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.

Habitat

The brown long-eared bat is found throughout Europe, with the exception of Greece, southern Italy and southern Spain. It is found to the east up to the Urals and Caucasus.^[3] The UK distribution can be found on the National Biodiversity Network website and can be seen here.

Brown long-eared bats regularly utilise buildings roosting in undisturbed roof spaces either singly, in crevices and timber, or in clusters around chimneys and ridge ends. This species also roosts in treeholes, bat boxes and caves which are important as winter hibernation sites. The roosts in trees may be close to the ground. Emergence from roost sites usually only occurs in the dark, around an hour after sunset.^[4]

It hunts above woodland, often by day, and mostly for moths, but its diet also consists of earwigs, flies, and beetles, gleaning these insects from leaves and bark.^[5] Prey is probably detected by sight and sound using the large eyes and ears, not by echolocation. A study by Eklöf and Jones (2003)^[6] demonstrated the ability of the brown long-eared bat to visually detect prey. Under experimental conditions, brown long-eared bats showed a preference for situations where sonar and visual cues were available. However, visual cues were more important than sonar cues and the bats were unable to detect prey items using only sonar cues. Brown long-eared bats have relatively large eyes and ears and it is likely that visual information and passive listening allow this species to detect prey in cluttered environments.^[7]

Echolocation

Echolocation is not used to find prey. The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 27–56 kHz, have most energy at 35 kHz and have an average duration of 2.5 ms. However, unlike most bats, the long-eared can hunt their prey by hearing alone. Their hearing is sensitive enough to hear a moth in flight. This hunting strategy evolved because prey items, namely certain moth species evolved the ability to hear the echolocation and take evading action.^[8]^[9]

Gallery

Drawing by Ernst Haeckel
Detail of head
Woodcut from R. A. Sterndale, 1884
Exemplar in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Romanian stamp

References

^ Russo, D.; Cistrone, L. (2023). "Plecotus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T85535522A211015413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T85535522A211015413.en. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 32. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
^ "Plecotus auritus", Science for Nature Foundation
^ Russ, J. (1999). The Bats of Britain and Ireland. Echolocation calls, sound analysis, and species identification. Powys: Alana Books.
^ "Brown long-eared bat".
^ Eklöf, J.; Jones, G. (2003). "Use of vision in prey detection by brown long-eared bats, Plecotus auritus". Animal Behaviour. 66 (5): 949–953. doi:10.1006/anbe.2003.2272. S2CID 53194611.
^ "The Bats of Britain". www.bio.bris.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
^ Parsons, S. and Jones, G. (2000). "Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks". J Exp Biol. 203 (Pt 17): 2641–2656. doi:10.1242/jeb.203.17.2641. PMID 10934005.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Obrist, Martin K.; Boesch, Ruedi; Flückiger, Peter F. (2004). "Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergetic pattern recognition approach". Mammalia. 68 (4): 307–322. doi:10.1515/mamm.2004.030. S2CID 86180828.

Sources

Woodland Management For Bats Guide Archived 2013-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
Gazaryan, S.; Kruskop, S.V.; Godlevska, L. (2020). "Plecotus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T85535522A195861341. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85535522A195861341.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Stevens, Martin (2005): The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera. Biol. Rev. 80(4): 573–588. doi:10.1017/S1464793105006810 (HTML abstract)

External links

ARKive Photographs

[iucn-1] Russo, D.; Cistrone, L. (2023). "Plecotus auritus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T85535522A211015413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T85535522A211015413.en. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[2] Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 32. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[3] "Plecotus auritus", Science for Nature Foundation

[4] Russ, J. (1999). The Bats of Britain and Ireland. Echolocation calls, sound analysis, and species identification. Powys: Alana Books.

[5] "Brown long-eared bat".

[6] Eklöf, J.; Jones, G. (2003). "Use of vision in prey detection by brown long-eared bats, Plecotus auritus". Animal Behaviour. 66 (5): 949–953. doi:10.1006/anbe.2003.2272. S2CID 53194611.

[7] "The Bats of Britain". www.bio.bris.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

[8] Parsons, S. and Jones, G. (2000). "Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks". J Exp Biol. 203 (Pt 17): 2641–2656. doi:10.1242/jeb.203.17.2641. PMID 10934005.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[9] Obrist, Martin K.; Boesch, Ruedi; Flückiger, Peter F. (2004). "Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergetic pattern recognition approach". Mammalia. 68 (4): 307–322. doi:10.1515/mamm.2004.030. S2CID 86180828.

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-{{redirect|Long-eared bat|the American species sometimes known as long-eared bat|long-eared myotis}}
+{{Speciesbox
-{{Taxobox
 | name = Brown long-eared bat
-| image = Plecotus auritus 01.jpg
+| image = Plecotus auritus 2013-2 (cropped).jpg
-| image_width = 250px
 | status = LC
-| status_system = iucn3.1
+| status_system = IUCN3.1
+| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Russo, D. |author2=Cistrone, L. |year=2023 |title=''Plecotus auritus'' |volume=2023 |page=e.T85535522A211015413 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T85535522A211015413.en |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Plecotus auritus
-| phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Linnæus|first=Carl|title=Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I|year=1758|publisher=Laurentius Salvius|location=Holmiæ|pages=32|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80764#page/42/mode/1up|edition=10th|access-date=22 November 2012|language=la}}</ref>
-| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
+| range_map = Plecotus auritus range map.png
-| ordo = [[Chiroptera]]
+| synonyms = ''Vespertilio auritus'' <small>Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758</small>
-| subordo = [[Microchiroptera]]
-| familia = [[Vespertilionidae]]
-| genus = ''[[Plecotus]]''
-| species = '''''P. auritus'''''
-| binomial = ''Plecotus auritus''
-| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Linnæus|first=Carl|title=Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I|year=1758|publisher=Laurentius Salvius|location=Holmiæ|pages=32|url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/80764#page/42/mode/1up|edition=10th|accessdate=22 November 2012|language=Latin}}</ref>
 }}
-The '''brown long-eared bat''' or '''common long-eared bat''' (''Plecotus auritus'') is a small [[Eurasian]] [[bat]].  It has distinctive [[ear]]s, 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.
+The '''brown long-eared bat''' or '''common long-eared bat''' ('''''Plecotus auritus''''') is a small [[Eurasian]] [[Insectivore|insectivorous]] [[bat]]. It has distinctive [[ear]]s, 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&nbsp;cm, a tail of 4.1–4.6&nbsp;cm, and a forearm length of 4–4.2&nbsp;cm.  The ears are 3.3–3.9&nbsp;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.
+[[File:Outstretched ears of Plecotus auritus.jpg|thumb|The Brown Long-Eared bat outstretches its ears before takeoff]]
-An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of 4.5-4.8&nbsp;cm, a tail of 4.1-4.6&nbsp;cm, and a forearm length of 4-4.2&nbsp;cm.  The ears are 3.3-3.9&nbsp;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.
 ==Habitat==
-It is found throughout Europe, with the exception of Greece, southern Italy and southern Spain.  The UK distribution can be found on the [[National Biodiversity Network]] website and can be seen [https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NBNSYS0000005102/Grid_Map here].
+The brown long-eared bat is found throughout Europe, with the exception of Greece, southern Italy and southern Spain. It is found to the east up to the Urals and Caucasus.<ref>[http://batslife.eu/item/plecotus-auritus/ "Plecotus auritus"], ''Science for Nature Foundation''</ref> The UK distribution can be found on the [[National Biodiversity Network]] website and can be seen [https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NBNSYS0000005102/Grid_Map here].
-Brown long eared bats regularly utilise buildings roosting in undisturbed roof spaces either singly, in crevices and timber, or in clusters around chimneys and ridge ends. This species also roosts in trees holes, bat boxes, [[cave]]s which are important as winter hibernation sites. The roosts in trees may be close to the ground.  Emergence from roost sites usually only occurs in the dark, around an hour after sunset.<ref>Russ, J. 1999. ''The Bats of Britain and Ireland. Echolocation calls, sound analysis, and species identification''. Powys: Alana Books.</ref>
+Brown long-eared bats regularly utilise buildings roosting in undisturbed roof spaces either singly, in crevices and timber, or in clusters around chimneys and ridge ends. This species also roosts in treeholes, bat boxes and [[cave]]s which are important as winter hibernation sites. The roosts in trees may be close to the ground. Emergence from roost sites usually only occurs in the dark, around an hour after sunset.<ref>Russ, J. (1999). ''The Bats of Britain and Ireland. Echolocation calls, sound analysis, and species identification''. Powys: Alana Books.</ref>
-It hunts above [[woodland]], often by day, and mostly for [[moth]]s, gleaning insects from leaves and bark. Prey is probably detected by sight and sound using the large eyes and ears, not by echolocation. A study by Eklöf and Jones (2003)<ref>Eklöf, J. & Jones, G. 2003. Use of vision in prey detection by brown long-eared bats, ''Plecotus auritus. Animal Behaviour, '''''66''', 949-953.</ref> demonstrated the ability of the brown long-eared bat to visually detect prey. Under experimental conditions, brown long-eared bats showed a preference for situations where sonar and visual cues were available. However, visual cues were more important than sonar cues and the bats were unable to detect prey items using only sonar cues. Brown long-eared bats have relatively large eyes and ears and it is likely that visual information and passive listening allow this species to detect prey in cluttered environments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/britishbats/|title=The Bats of Britain|website=www.bio.bris.ac.uk|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref>
+It hunts above [[woodland]], often by day, and mostly for [[moth]]s, but its diet also consists of [[earwigs]], flies, and beetles, gleaning these insects from leaves and bark.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown long-eared bat |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/mammals/brown-long-eared-bat/}}</ref> Prey is probably detected by sight and sound using the large eyes and ears, not by echolocation. A study by Eklöf and Jones (2003)<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Eklöf, J. |author2= Jones, G. |year=2003|title= Use of vision in prey detection by brown long-eared bats, ''Plecotus auritus''|journal= Animal Behaviour|volume=66|issue= 5 |pages= 949–953|doi=10.1006/anbe.2003.2272|s2cid= 53194611 }}</ref> demonstrated the ability of the brown long-eared bat to visually detect prey. Under experimental conditions, brown long-eared bats showed a preference for situations where sonar and visual cues were available. However, visual cues were more important than sonar cues and the bats were unable to detect prey items using only sonar cues. Brown long-eared bats have relatively large eyes and ears and it is likely that visual information and passive listening allow this species to detect prey in cluttered environments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/bats/britishbats/|title=The Bats of Britain|website=www.bio.bris.ac.uk|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref>
 ==Echolocation==
-Echolocation is used to find prey.  The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 27–56&nbsp;kHz, have most energy at 35&nbsp;kHz and have an average duration of 2.5 ms. However unlike most bats Long Eared can hunt by hearing alone. Their hearing is sensitive enough to hear a moth in flight.  This hunting strategy evolved because  prey items, namely certain moth species evolved the ability to hear the echolocation and take evading action. T<ref>Parsons, S. and Jones, G. (2000) 'Acoustic identification of twelve species of echo-locating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks.' ''J Exp Biol''., '''203''': 2641-2656.</ref><ref>Bristol, M.K., Boesch, R. and Flickerecfeffew, P.F. (2004) 'Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: Consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergic pattern recognition approach.' ''Mammalia''., '''68''' (4): 307-32.</ref>
+Echolocation is not used to find prey. The frequencies used by this bat species for echolocation lie between 27–56&nbsp;kHz, have most energy at 35&nbsp;kHz and have an average duration of 2.5 ms. However, unlike most bats, the long-eared can hunt their prey by hearing alone. Their hearing is sensitive enough to hear a moth in flight. This hunting strategy evolved because prey items, namely certain moth species evolved the ability to hear the echolocation and take evading action.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Parsons, S. and Jones, G. |year=2000|title=Acoustic identification of twelve species of echolocating bat by discriminant function analysis and artificial neural networks|journal=J Exp Biol|volume=203|issue=Pt 17|pages=2641–2656|doi=10.1242/jeb.203.17.2641 |pmid=10934005|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12386682}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Obrist|first1=Martin K.|last2=Boesch|first2=Ruedi|last3=Flückiger|first3=Peter F.|title=Variability in echolocation call design of 26 Swiss bat species: consequences, limits and options for automated field identification with a synergetic pattern recognition approach|journal=Mammalia|volume=68|issue=4|year=2004|pages=307–322 |doi=10.1515/mamm.2004.030|s2cid=86180828|url=https://www.dora.lib4ri.ch/wsl/islandora/object/wsl%3A9612}}</ref>
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 ==Gallery==
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+<gallery mode="packed">
-Image:Haeckel Chiroptera Plecotus auritus 1.jpg|Drawing by Ernst Haeckel
+File:Haeckel Chiroptera Plecotus auritus 1.jpg|Drawing by Ernst Haeckel
-Image:Haeckel Chiroptera Plecotus auritus 2.jpg|Detail of head
+File:Haeckel Chiroptera Plecotus auritus 2.jpg|Detail of head
-Image:plecotus_auritus_ras.jpg|Woodcut from R. A. Sterndale, 1884
+File:Plecotus auritus ras.jpg|Woodcut from R. A. Sterndale, 1884
+File:Braunes Langohr (Plectus auritus).jpg|Exemplar in the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]
+File:Plecotus auritus 2016 stamp of Romania.jpg|Romanian stamp
+File:Plecotus auritus hibernate with one ear out.jpg
 </gallery>
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 ;Sources
-* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6K3CXY Woodland Management For Bats Guide]
+* [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6K3CXY Woodland Management For Bats Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319132917/http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6K3CXY |date=2013-03-19 }}
+* {{cite iucn |author=Gazaryan, S. |author2=Kruskop, S.V. |author3=Godlevska, L. |date=2020 |title=''Plecotus auritus'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T85535522A195861341 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85535522A195861341.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}
-* {{IUCN2006|assessor=Chiroptera Specialist Group|year=1996|id=17596|title=Plecotus auritus|downloaded=12 May 2006}}
 * {{aut|Stevens, Martin}} (2005): The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera. ''[[Biological Reviews|Biol. Rev.]]'' '''80'''(4): 573–588. <small>{{doi|10.1017/S1464793105006810}}</small> (HTML abstract)
 ==External links==
+{{Commons}}
-{{commons|Plecotus auritus}}
-*[http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/mammals/Plecotus_auritus/ ARKive] Photographs
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080412062615/http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/mammals/Plecotus_auritus/ ARKive] Photographs
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v t e Species of subfamily Vespertilioninae
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae
Aeorestes	Hoary bat (A. cinereus) Big red bat (A. egregius) Hawaiian hoary bat (A. semotus) A. villosissimus
Afronycteris	Heller's serotine (A. helios) Banana serotine(A. nanus)
Antrozous	Pallid bat (A. pallidus)
Arielulus	Collared pipistrelle (A. aureocollaris) Black-gilded pipistrelle (A. circumdatus) Coppery pipistrelle (A. cuprosus) Social pipistrelle (A. societatis) Necklace pipistrelle (A. torquatus)
Barbastella	Western barbastelle (B. barbastellus) Beijing barbastelle (B. beijingensis) Eastern barbastelle (B. darjelingensis) Asian barbastelle (B. leucomelas)
Bauerus	Van Gelder's bat (B. dubiaquercus)
Chalinolobus	Large-eared pied bat (C. dwyeri) Gould's wattled bat (C. gouldii) Chocolate wattled bat (C. morio) New Caledonia wattled bat (C. neocaledonicus) Hoary wattled bat (C. nigrogriseus) Little pied bat (C. picatus) New Zealand long-tailed bat (C. tuberculatus)
Corynorhinus	Mexican big-eared bat (C. mexicanus) Rafinesque's big-eared bat (C. rafinesquii) Townsend's big-eared bat (C. townsendii)
Dasypterus	Southern yellow bat (D. ega) Cuban yellow bat (D. insularis) Northern yellow bat (D. intermedius) Western yellow bat (D. xanthinus)
Eptesicus	E. anatolicus Little black serotine (E. andinus) Bobrinski's serotine (E. bobrinskoi) Botta's serotine (E. bottae) Brazilian brown bat (E. brasiliensis) E. chiriquinus Diminutive serotine (E. diminutus) Surat serotine (E. dimissus) Horn-skinned bat (E. floweri) Argentine brown bat (E. furinalis) Big brown bat (E. fuscus) Gobi big brown bat (E. gobiensis) Guadeloupe big brown bat (E. guadeloupensis) Long-tailed house bat (E. hottentotus) Harmless serotine (E. innoxius) E. isabellinus E. japonensis Kobayashi's bat (E. kobayashii) E. lobatus Sind bat (E. nasutus) Northern bat (E. nilssonii) E. ognevi E. pachyomus Thick-eared bat (E. pachyotis) Lagos serotine (E. platyops) Serotine bat (E. serotinus) E. taddeii Sombre bat (E. tatei)
Euderma	Spotted bat (E. maculatum)
Eudiscopus	Disk-footed bat (E. denticulus)
Falsistrellus	Chocolate pipistrelle (F. affinis) Western false pipistrelle (F. mackenziei) Pungent pipistrelle (F. mordax) Peters's pipistrelle (F. petersi) Eastern false pipistrelle (F. tasmaniensis)
Glauconycteris	Allen's striped bat (G. alboguttata) Silvered bat (G. argentata) Beatrix's bat (G. beatrix) Curry's bat (G. curryae) Bibundi bat (G. egeria) Glen's wattled bat (G. gleni) Allen's spotted bat (G. humeralis) Kenyan wattled bat (G. kenyacola) Machado's butterfly bat (G. machadoi) Abo bat (G. poensis) Variegated butterfly bat (G. variegata)
Glischropus	G. aquilus G. bucephalus Javan thick-thumbed bat (G. javanus) Common thick-thumbed bat (G. tylopus)
Hesperoptenus	Blanford's bat (H. blanfordi) False serotine bat (H. doriae) Gaskell's false serotine (H. gaskelli) Tickell's bat (H. tickelli) Large false serotine (H. tomesi)
Histiotus	Strange big-eared brown bat (H. alienus) H. diaphanopterus Humboldt big-eared brown bat (H. humboldti) Thomas's big-eared brown bat (H. laephotis) Big-eared brown bat (H. macrotus) Southern big-eared brown bat (H. magellanicus) Small big-eared brown bat (H. montanus) Tropical big-eared brown bat (H. velatus)
Hypsugo	H. alaschanicus H. anthonyi Arabian pipistrelle (H. arabicus) Desert pipistrelle (H. ariel) H. bemainty Cadorna's pipistrelle (H. cadornae) Broad-headed pipistrelle (H. crassulus) Long-toothed pipistrelle (H. dolichodon) Eisentraut's pipistrelle (H. eisentrauti) Brown pipistrelle (H. imbricatus) Joffre's pipistrelle (H. joffrei) Red-brown pipistrelle (H. kitcheneri) Lanza's pipistrelle (H. lanzai) Burma pipistrelle (H. lophurus) Big-eared pipistrelle (H. macrotis) Mouselike pipistrelle (H. musciculus) Chinese pipistrelle (H. pulveratus) Savi's pipistrelle (H. savii) Vordermann's pipistrelle (H. vordermanni)
Ia	Great evening bat (I. io)
Idionycteris	Allen's big-eared bat (I. phyllotis)
Laephotis	Angolan long-eared bat (L. angolensis) Botswanan long-eared bat (L. botswanae) Namib long-eared bat (L. namibensis) De Winton's long-eared bat (L. wintoni)
Lasionycteris	Silver-haired bat (L. noctivagans)
Lasiurus	L. arequipae L. atratus Desert red bat (L. blossevillii) Eastern red bat (L. borealis) Tacarcuna bat (L. castaneus) Jamaican red bat (L. degelidus) Hairy-tailed bat (L. ebenus) Western red bat (L. frantzii)) Minor red bat (L. minor) Pfeiffer's red bat (L. pfeifferi) Saline red bat (L. salinae) Seminole bat (L. seminolus) Cinnamon red bat (L. varius)
Mimetillus	Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi)
Neoromicia	Dark-brown serotine (N. brunnea) Cape serotine (N. capensis) Yellow serotine (N. flavescens) N. grandidieri Tiny serotine (N. guineensis) N. isabella Isalo serotine (N. malagasyensis) Malagasy serotine (N. matroka) Melck's house bat (N. melckorum) Rendall's serotine (N. rendalli) N. robertsi Rosevear's serotine (N. roseveari) Somali serotine (N. somalica) N. stanleyi White-winged serotine (N. tenuipinnis) Zulu serotine (N. zuluensis)
Niumbaha	Pied bat (N. superba)
Nyctalus	Birdlike noctule (N. aviator) Azores noctule (N. azoreum) Nyctalus furvus (N. furvus) Greater noctule bat (N. lasiopterus) Lesser noctule (N. leisleri) Mountain noctule (N. montanus) Common noctule (N. noctula) Chinese noctule (N. plancyi)
Nycticeinops	Schlieffen's bat (N. schlieffeni)
Nycticeius	Temminck's mysterious bat (N. aenobarbus) Cuban evening bat (N. cubanus) Evening bat (N. humeralis)
Nyctophilus	Northern long-eared bat (N. arnhemensis) Eastern long-eared bat (N. bifax) N. corbeni N. daedalus Lesser long-eared bat (N. geoffroyi) Gould's long-eared bat (N. gouldi) Sunda long-eared bat (N. heran) Lord Howe long-eared bat (N. howensis) N. major Small-toothed long-eared bat (N. microdon) New Guinea long-eared bat (N. microtis) New Caledonian long-eared bat (N. nebulosus) Tasmanian long-eared bat (N. sherrini) Mount Missim long-eared bat (N. shirleyae) Greater long-eared bat (N. timoriensis) Pygmy long-eared bat (N. walkeri)
Otonycteris	Desert long-eared bat (O. hemprichii) Otonycteris leucophaea (O. leucophaea)
Parastrellus	Western pipistrelle (P. hesperus)
Perimyotis	Eastern pipistrelle (P. subflavus)
Pharotis	New Guinea big-eared bat (P. imogene)
Philetor	Rohu's bat (P. brachypterus)
Pipistrellus	Japanese house bat (P. abramus) Forest pipistrelle (P. adamsi) Mount Gargues pipistrelle (P. aero) Anchieta's pipistrelle (P. anchietae) Angulate pipistrelle (P. angulatus) Kelaart's pipistrelle (P. ceylonicus) Greater Papuan pipistrelle (P. collinus) Indian pipistrelle (P. coromandra) P. dhofarensis Egyptian pipistrelle (P. deserti) Endo's pipistrelle (P. endoi) P. hanaki Dusky pipistrelle (P. hesperidus) Aellen's pipistrelle (P. inexspectatus) Java pipistrelle (P. javanicus) Kuhl's pipistrelle (P. kuhlii) Madeira pipistrelle (P. maderensis) Minahassa pipistrelle (P. minahassae) Christmas Island pipistrelle (P. murrayi) Tiny pipistrelle (P. nanulus) Nathusius's pipistrelle (P. nathusii) Lesser Papuan pipistrelle (P. papuanus) Mount Popa pipistrelle (P. paterculus) Dar es Salaam pipistrelle (P. permixtus) Common pipistrelle (P. pipistrellus) Soprano pipistrelle (P. pygmaeus) P. raceyi Rüppell's pipistrelle (P. rueppellii) Rusty pipistrelle (P. rusticus) Narrow-winged pipistrelle (P. stenopterus) Sturdee's pipistrelle (P. sturdeei) Least pipistrelle (P. tenuis) Watts's pipistrelle (P. wattsi) Northern pipistrelle (P. westralis)
Plecotus	P. ariel Brown long-eared bat (P. auritus) Grey long-eared bat (P. austriacus) Ethiopian big-eared bat (P. balensis) P. begognae Christie's big-eared bat (P. christiei) P. gaisleri P. homochrous Kolombatovic's long-eared bat (P. kolombatovici) P. kozlovi Alpine long-eared bat (P. macrobullaris) Ognev's long-eared bat (P. ognevi) Japanese long-eared bat (P. sacrimontis) Sardinian long-eared bat (P. sardus) P. strelkovi Taiwan big-eared bat (P. taivanus) Canary big-eared bat (P. teneriffae) P. turkmenicus P. wardi
Rhogeessa	Yucatan yellow bat (R. aeneus) Allen's yellow bat (R. alleni) Bickham's little yellow bat (R. bickhami) Genoways's yellow bat (R. genowaysi) Slender yellow bat (R. gracilis) Husson's yellow bat (R. hussoni) Thomas's yellow bat (R. io) Menchu's little yellow bat (R. menchuae) Tiny yellow bat (R. minutilla) Least yellow bat (R. mira) Little yellow bat (R. parvula) Black-winged little yellow bat (R. tumida) R. velilla
Scoteanax	Rüppell's broad-nosed bat (S. rueppellii)
Scotoecus	White-bellied lesser house bat (S. albigula) Light-winged lesser house bat (S. albofuscus) Hinde's lesser house bat (S. hindei) Dark-winged lesser house bat (S. hirundo) Desert yellow bat (S. pallidus)
Scotomanes	Harlequin bat (S. ornatus)
Scotophilus	S. alvenslebeni Andrew Rebori's house bat (S. andrewreborii) Lesser yellow bat (S. borbonicus) Sulawesi yellow bat (S. celebensis) Sody's yellow house bat (S. collinus) African yellow bat (S. dinganii) Ejeta's house bat (S. ejetai) Greater Asiatic yellow bat (S. heathii) Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (S. kuhlii) White-bellied yellow bat (S. leucogaster) Livingstone's house bat (S. livingstonii) Marovaza house bat (S. marovaza) Schreber's yellow bat (S. nigrita) S. nigritellus Robbins's yellow bat (S. nucella) Nut-colored yellow bat (S. nux) Robust yellow bat (S. robustus) S. tandrefana Trujillo’s house bat (S. trujilloi) Greenish yellow bat (S. viridis)
Scotorepens	Inland broad-nosed bat (S. balstoni) Little broad-nosed bat (S. greyii) Eastern broad-nosed bat (S. orion) Northern broad-nosed bat (S. sanborni)
Scotozous	Dormer's bat (S. dormeri)
Tylonycteris	T. fulvida T. malayana Lesser bamboo bat (T. pachypus) Pygmy bamboo bat (T. pygmaeus) Greater bamboo bat (T. robustula) T. tonkinensis
Vespadelus	Inland forest bat (V. baverstocki) Northern cave bat (V. caurinus) Large forest bat (V. darlingtoni) Yellow-lipped bat (V. douglasorum) Finlayson's cave bat (V. finlaysoni) Eastern forest bat (V. pumilus) Southern forest bat (V. regulus) Eastern cave bat (V. troughtoni) Little forest bat (V. vulturnus)
Vespertilio	Parti-coloured bat (V. murinus) Asian particolored bat (V. sinensis)