| Canary Big-Eared Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Plecotus |
| Species: | P. teneriffae |
| Binomial name | |
| Plecotus teneriffae Barret-Hamilton, 1907 |
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The Canary Big-Eared Bat (Plecotus teneriffae) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.
It is endemic to the Canary Islands, but may 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.