Canary long-eared bat
Photorealistic generated fauna reference image.Canarias HistoriaImagen generada por IA; revisar antes de uso científico.

Identification

Scientific name
Plecotus teneriffae
Common name
Canary long-eared bat
Family
Vespertilionidae
Endemicity
Canary endemic
Conservation
Pending verification

An endemic bat of strong island interest. BIOTA provides taxonomic validation for Plecotus teneriffae; the habitat recorded for Canarias Historia is: Island forests, monteverde, pine forests and mid-elevation woodland mosaics.

Conservation status pending species-specific verificationLegal protection pending species-specific mapping

Habitat and distribution

Island forests, monteverde, pine forests and mid-elevation woodland mosaics.

Taxonomy

taxonID
BIOTA:V00006
scientificName
Plecotus teneriffae
taxonRank
species
kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Vespertilionidae
genus
Plecotus

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