The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Plecotus auritus

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: CHIROPTERA
Family: VESPERTILIONIDAE
Scientific Name: Plecotus auritus
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
EnglishBROWN BIG-EARED BAT, BROWN LONG-EARED BAT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Chiroptera Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Luxembourg; Mongolia; Nepal; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Citation: Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Plecotus auritus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
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