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Plecotus

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Taxonomy
Plecotus was named by Geoffroy (1818). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vespertilionina by Gray (1825); to Vespertilionidae by Kurten (1968); and to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Plecotus Geoffroy
1825Plecotus Gray p. 339
1968Plecotus Kurten p. 54
1980Plecotus Kurten and Anderson p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
subfamilyVespertilionae
genusPlecotusGeoffroy 1818

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Plecotus Geoffroy 1818
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Subg. †Plecotus (Paraplecotus) Rabaeder 1973
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Plecotus auritus Linnaeus 1758 [common long-eared bat]
Plecotus austriacus Fischer 1829
Plecotus crassidens Kormos 1930
Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson 1818
Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955
Plecotus townsendii Cooper 1837 [Townsend's big-eared bat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available