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Canary Long-eared Bat

Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

El murciélago orejudo canario, (Plecotus teneriffae), es un murciélago de la familia Vespertilionidae, de mediano tamaño es muy parecido a Plecotus austriacus, con una coloración más oscura y de mayor tamaño. Los jóvenes son más oscuros que los adultos. Las orejas miden unos 40 mm, tienen un tamaño de cuerpo entre 40 a 46 mm, siendo las hembras más grandes. Propio de las islas de Tenerife, La Palma y El Hierro. Probablemente exista también en La Gomera. Es un endemismo canario. Es una especie muy ligada a las masas boscosas, pinar, pinar mixto, monteverde (aunque más el fayal-brezal que a lala

El murciélago orejudo canario, (Plecotus teneriffae), es un murciélago de la familia Vespertilionidae, de mediano tamaño es muy parecido a Plecotus austriacus, con una coloración más oscura y de mayor tamaño. Los jóvenes son más oscuros que los adultos. Las orejas miden unos 40 mm, tienen un tamaño de cuerpo entre 40 a 46 mm, siendo las hembras más grandes. Propio de las islas de Tenerife, La Palma y El Hierro. Probablemente exista también en La Gomera. Es un endemismo canario. Es una especie muy ligada a las masas boscosas, pinar, pinar mixto, monteverde (aunque más el fayal-brezal que a lalaurisilva). También al piso supracanario seco. Utiliza como refugios los tubos volcánicos, generalmente durante la noche, galerías de agua, cuevas y construcciones abandonadas. Oscila entre los 100 y los 2.300 msnm. La principal amenaza son las molestias en los refugios, el enrejado vertical de la mayoría de galerías de agua de las zonas forestales de La Palma y Tenerife. Como a todos los quirópteros, la utilización de biocidas y la degradación de zonas forestales donde habita (pinares y fayal-brezal).

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Canary long-eared bat (Plecotus teneriffae), also known as the Canary big-eared bat or Tenerife long-eared bat, is a species of vesper bat endemic to the Canary Islands. According to the IUCN, it is critically endangered. It feeds mainly on moths. Roosting sites include caves, lava tubes and abandoned buildings.

Wikipedia contributors, Canary long-eared bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:07:21.594297+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907
Name authority
Barrett-Hamilton, 1907
Common name
Canary Long-eared Bat
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Plecotus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  15. subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
  16. tribePlecotini Gray, 1866
  17. genusPlecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818
  18. speciesPlecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Plecotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Himalayan Long-eared BatPlecotus homochrous Hodgson, 1847VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Alpine Long-eared BatPlecotus macrobullaris Kuzyakin, 1965VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ognev's Long-eared BatPlecotus ognevi Kishida, 1927VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Japanese Long-eared BatPlecotus sacrimontis G. M. Allen, 1908VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Strelkov's Long-eared BatPlecotus strelkovi Spitzenberger, 2006VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Formosan Long-eared BatPlecotus taivanus Yoshiyuki, 1991VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray Long-eared BatPlecotus austriacus (J. Fischer, 1829)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gaisler's Big-eared BatPlecotus gaisleri Benda, Kiefer, Hanak & Veith, 2004VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bale Long-eared BatPlecotus balensis Kruskop & Lavrenchenko, 2000VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Balkan Long-eared BatPlecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kozlov's Long-eared BatPlecotus kozlovi Bobrinskii, 1926VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Plecotus teneriffae teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 Barrett-Hamilton, 1907synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Africa

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632264 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:77QV2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.