Brown long-eared bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown long-eared bat lives – recorded in 12 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Plecotus auritus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	12 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the brown long-eared bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown long-eared bat in 12 countries and territories across Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: France, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Belarus, Estonia, Norway, Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the brown long-eared bat endangered?

The brown long-eared bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown long-eared bat?

The brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Plecotus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown long-eared bat

The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold. It is extremely similar to the much rarer grey long-eared bat, which was only validated as a distinct species in the 1960s. An adult brown long-eared bat has a body length of 4.5–4.8 cm, a tail of 4.1–4.6 cm, and a forearm length of 4–4.2 cm. The ears are 3.3–3.9 cm in length, and readily distinguish the long-eared bats from most other bat species. They are relatively slow flyers compared to other bat species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown long-eared bat (revision 1374338337), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q210708 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).