Canary long-eared bat

An endemic bat of strong island interest.

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

Identification

Scientific name
Plecotus teneriffae
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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