256 CHIROPTERA 



6,29. Reguinho, Terceira. Hon. W. Rothschild 3.6.5.4-6. 

 {W. R. O. Grant.) (p). 



2^,3?. Magdalena,Pico. (T7.B.0. Hon. W. Rothschild 3.6.5.10-14. 

 Grant.) (p). 



6,9. Calheto, St. George. Hon. W. Rothschild 3.6.5.8-9. 

 (TF. B. 0. Grant.) (p). 



Genus PLECOTUS Geoffroy. 



1816. ? Macrotiis Leach, Catal. Spec. Indig. INIamm. and Birds Brit. Mus. 

 (Willoughbv Society reprint, 1882), p. 1. Nomen nudum : "Euro- 

 pean Longear, Macrotiis eiirojuieus." 



1818. Plecoiits Geofiroy, Description de I'Egvpte, ii, p. 112. For date see 

 Sherborn. Proc. Zool. Soc. London,' 1897, p. 288. 



1857. Plccotus Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 38. 



1878. Plecotus Dobson, Catal. Chiropt. Brit. Mus., p. 177 (part). 



1907. Plecotus Miller, Families and Genera of Bats, p. 224, June 29, 1907. 



Type species. — Vespertilio auritus Linnajus. 



Geographical disfrihution. — Temperate Europe, Asia and 

 northern Africa. 



Characters. — Dental formula : * ^^^, c Jf?, jj»i 70,, m ^^ = 36. 

 Skull with large, elongate and rounded brain-case, and slender 

 but normally formed rostrum ; auditory bulliB larger than in any 

 other European member of the family, their greatest diameter 

 equal to about three times the distance between them. Ears 

 very large, much longer than head, joined across forehead ; 

 no.strils opening upward, their orifices continued backward by 

 slit-like prolongations, the wart-like outgrowths on muzzle not 

 specially prominent. 



Bemarks. — The genus Plecotus is at once recognizable among 

 European bats by the very large ears, joined across forehead. 

 In the only other European genus with 36 teeth {Miiiiopterus) 

 the ears are unusually short. Seven species are known, one of 

 which occurs in Europe. 



PLECOTUS AURITUS Linnseus. 



1758. Vespertilio auritus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., i, 10th ed., p. 32 (Sweden). 



1816. ? Macrotus europieus Leach, Catal. Spec. Indig. Mamm. and Birds 

 Brit. Mus. (Willoughby Society reprint, 1882), p. 1. Nomen 

 nudum: " European Longear, Macrotus europpeus." 



1818. Plccotus auritus Geoffrey, Description de I'Kgypte, ii, p. 118. 



1825. Vcsiwrlilio otus Boie, Isis, p. 1206 (Copenhagen, Denmark). 



1826. Vespcrtilio cornutus Faber, Isis, p. 515 (Jutland, Denmark). 



1827. Plecotus communis Lesson, Man. de Mammal., p. 95 (France). 



1828. P[lecotus'] brevivianus Jenyns, Trans. Linn. Soc, London, xvi, p. 55 



(Grunty Fen, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England). 



1829. Plecotus vulgaris Desmarest, Faune Frau(jaise, p. 18 (Prance). 



