Authority citation: Benda, P., Kiefer, A., Hanák, V. and Veith, M. 2004. Systematic status of African populations of long-eared bats, genus Plecotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Folia Zoologica 53(Monograph 1):1-47.
Authority publication link: https://www.ivb.cz/folia-zoologica/vol-53-monograph-1/
Original name as described: Plecotus teneriffae gaisleri
Nominal names: gaisleri Benda, Kiefer, Hanák, & Veith, 2004
Other common names: Gaisler's Big-eared Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Plecotini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: NMPr P6V-049911
Type locality: "Central part of the Wadi Al Kuf (Jabal Akhdar Mts), ca. 8 km south-west of Massah, Al Jabal Al Akhdar Dist., Cyrenaica, north-eastern Libya, 32°42'N, 21°35'E; ca. 330 m a. s. l."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Morocco (MAR) | Algeria (DZA) | Tunisia (TUN) | Libya (LBY) | Malta (MLT) | Italy (ITA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described as a subspecies of P. teneriffae, but was recently elevated to species status
Citation: Benda, P., Kiefer, A., Hanák, V., & Veith, M. (2004). Systematic status of African populations of long-eared bats, genus Plecotus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Institute of Vertebrate Biology, 58(1), 1-47.|Mayer, F., Dietz, C., & Kiefer, A. (2007). Molecular species identification boosts bat diversity. Frontiers in zoology, 4, 4.
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