Plecotus

Alpine long-eared bat Plecotus alpinus Kiefer & Veith, 2001 **

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

When I first read about M. cypriacus being called the "first new mammal in Europe for a century", it also struck me as totally ridiculous, particularly since Plecotus sardus is only five years away.

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

So they are at least aware of _Plecotus_, and "decades" is right: 27 years for _Crocidura cossyrensis_ Contoli, 1989 6

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

Systematics of the genus Plecotus (Mammalia, Vespertilionidae) in Austria based on morphometric and molecular investigations.

Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

Mitochondrial phylogeography of the long-eared bats (Plecotus) in the Mediterranean Palaearctic and Atlantic Islands.

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These include, but are not limited to, a number of land snails and salamanders, a variety of plant species including orchids and many herbaceous plants, the red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), the Virginia big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii virginianus), the red wolf (Canis rufus) and the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus).

Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests 2008

Two additional mammals which are candidates for listing as nationally threatened include Townsend's big-eared bat Plecotus townsendii (I) and Pacific fisher Martes pennanti.

Redwood National Park, United States 2008

The bats include the Canary Island long eared bat Plecotus teneriffae, a Canary Islands endemic, Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis (VU), endemic to Madeira and the Canaries and the commonest species, Leisler's bat Nyctalus leisleri.

Teide National Park, Spain 2008

Atlantic Islands Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis, VU) and Canary Big-eared bat (Plecotus teneriffae, VU) are considered near-endemic to this ecoregion (but endemic to the Archipelago).

Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008

The most recently named of them are the two long-eared bats Plecotus microdontus Spitzenberger et al. 2002 from Austria and P. sardus Mucedda et al., 2002 from Sardinia, though P. microdontus has since been regarded by some as synonymous with the Brown long-eared bat P. auritus.

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