Canary Big-eared Bat

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Canary Big-Eared Bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Vespertilionidae Genus: Plecotus Species: P. teneriffae
Binomial name
Plecotus teneriffae Barret-Hamilton, 1907

The Canary Big-Eared Bat (Plecotus teneriffae) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It can be found in the following countries: Algeria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia. It is found in these habitats: temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, caves, subterranean habitats (other than caves), and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] Source

• Juste, J., Aulagnier, S. & Benda, P. 2004. Plecotus teneriffae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.