Canary long-eared bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Plecotus |
| Species: | P. teneriffae
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| Plecotus teneriffae Barret-Hamilton, 1907
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| Range of the Canary long-eared bat | |
The Canary long-eared bat (Plecotus teneriffae), also known as the Canary big-eared bat or Tenerife long-eared bat, is a species of
IUCN, it is critically endangered.[1] It feeds mainly on moths. Roosting sites include caves, lava tubes
and abandoned buildings.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was
species name "teneriffae" is derived from Tenerife, which is one of the islands of the Canary Islands and the place where the holotype was collected.[5]
Description
When Hamilton described it as a new species, he noted that it was similar in appearance to the brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus, but that it had "much larger wings."[5]
Conservation
It is evaluated as
habitat loss due to deforestation, use of pesticides near forest habitat, and loss of roosting sites due to building renovation. The remaining population is estimated to number between 500 and 2000.[1] Only two breeding colonies, one each on La Palma (in the Cuevas de los Murciélagos)[6] and Tenerife, are known; the larger La Palma colony is estimated to have declined by 80% in recent years. It is a protected species under Spanish law and international conventions (the Bonn Convention and Berne Convention).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Russo, D.; Cistrone, L. (2023). "Plecotus teneriffae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T215482954A211021391. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Lockyer, Sir Norman, ed. (1887). Nature. Vol. 36. Macmillan Journals Limited. p. 123.
- ^ Samler Brown, A. (1908). Brown's Madeira, Canary Islands, and Azores, a Practical and Complete Guide for the Use of Tourists and Invalids: With Twenty Coloured Maps and Plans and Numerous Sectional and Other Diagrams. Sampson, Low, Marston. p. 35.
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- ^ Domingo Trujillo: Plecotus teneriffae Orejudo canario, 2004:p 258-261