Plecotus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818. Descrip. de l'Egypte 2: 112.
Vespertilio auritus Linnaeus, 1758
Plecotus wardi Thomas, 1911.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.8, 7:209.
Ward's Long-eared Bat
wardi O. Thomas, 1911:
ariel O. Thomas, 1911.
Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
N Afghanistan, N Pakistan, W India through Nepal; Sichuan (China)
CITES - Not Listed IUCN - Least Concern (2020).
References:
Fukui, D., V.T. Tu, H.T. Thanh, S. Arai, M. Harada, G. Csorba, and N. T. Son. 2020. First record of the genus Plecotus from Southeast Asia with notes on the taxonomy, karyology and echolocation call of P. homochrous from Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica 22(1): 57-74. Read abstract.
Spitzenberger, F., P.P. Strelkov, H. Winkler, and E. Haring. 2006. A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results. Zoologica Scripta 35(3): 187-230. Read abstract.
Thomas, O. 1911. New Asiatic Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8, 7: 205-209. Read article.
Thomas, O. 1911. The Duke of Bedford's zoological exploration of Eastern Asia. -XIII. On mammals from the provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, Western China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911(1): 158-180. Read article.
auritus species group. Distinct from austriacus; see Spitzenberger et al. (2006). Includes ariel and P. sp. 2 (Spitzenberger et al., 2006); see Fukui et al. (2020). Does not include kozlovi or mordax, which is apparently a synonym of kozlovi; see Spitzenberger et al. (2006).