Ognev's long-eared bat

Ognev's long-eared bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Plecotus
Species:	P. ognevi
Binomial name
Plecotus ognevi Kishida, 1927

Ognev's long-eared bat (Plecotus ognevi) is a species of bat found in Asia. ^[1] By 2006, it was recognized as a separate species from the P. auritus species complex. ^[2]

Range and habitat

Ognev's long-eared bat was recorded in the following countries : China, Kazakhstan, South-Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Russia. ^[2] It was recorded in habitats such as the taiga and Southern Siberian mountain forests as well as temperate mixed and temperate deciduous forests. ^[2]

References

1. Kruskop, S.V.; Fukui, D. (2019). "Plecotus ognevi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T136598A21996784. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136598A21996784.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Spitzenberger, Friederike; Strelkov, Petr P.; Winkler, Hans; Haring, Elisabeth (2006). "A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results". Zoologica Scripta. 35 (3): 187–230. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x.