Brown long-eared bat
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| phylum | Chordata | The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a fairly large European bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s. An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of 4.5-4.8 cm, a tail of 4.1-4.6 cm, and a wing length of 4-4.2 cm. The ears are 3.3-3.9 cm in length, and readily distinguish this from most other bat species.
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| class | Mammalia | |
| infraclass | Eutheria | |
| order | Chiroptera | |
| family | Vespertilionidae | |
| genus | Plecotus | |
| species | P. auritus |
