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Canary big-eared bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Species : Plecotus teneriffae
The Canary big-eared bat is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Canary bigeared bat
A young / baby of a Canary bigeared bat is called a 'pup'. A Canary bigeared bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Habitats
Artificial / Terrestrial, Caves, Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic), Forest, Grassland, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation, Other Subterranean Habitats, Pastureland, Rocky areas (eg inland cliffs, mountain peaks), Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland, Temperate forest and Temperate Grassland
Facts about the Canary big-eared bat
The Canary Island long eared bat (Plecotus teneriffae) is endemic to the Canary Island, while the Madeira Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis) is endemic to Madeira and Canaries. (Full text)
1. Plecotus, genus Plecotus -- (a genus of Vespertilionidae)Plecotus
genus Plecotus
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