Plecotus balensis
Kruskop & Lavrenchenko, 2000
Ethiopian Long-eared Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Plecotini |
| Genus | : Plecotus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Kruskop, S.V. and Lavrenchenko, L.A. 2000. A new species of long-eared bat (Plecotus; Vespertilionidae; Mammalia) from Ethiopia. Myotis 38:5-17.
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Original name as described
Plecotus balensis
Other common names
Bale Long-eared Bat · Ethiopian Big-eared Bat
Type material
ZMMU S-164904
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Harenna Forest, Bale Mountains National Park, southern Ethiopia, 6°45' N, 39°44' E, 2760 m ASL."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Ethiopia
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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