Plecotus auritus (bat)

Mass: 7.6 g based on Benda et al. 2003 and Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012

Abundance: 0.03 to 24.56% (median 3.42%)

Latitudinal range: 40.7° to 52.3°

Habitats: (4), Mediterranean woodland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (12)

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Found in 17 samples

France: Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VI) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VII) (Middle Pleistocene)

Italy: Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (site 1, netting)

Poland: Kampinos National Park (road kill), Kampinos National Park (mist nets), Lezczok Reserve (ponds), Lezczok Reserve (river)

Romania: Muntii Padurea Craiului

Slovakia: Pol’ana Biosphere Reserve, Jovsa, Durkov

Spain: Catalan coast

Ukraine: GMN-mines, IVK-mines, National Nature Park Gomolshansky lessy (Beach near stone stairs)

Size measurements:
body mass7.5 gN = 10Benda et al. 2003
body mass9.0 gN = 1Lindhe Norberg and Norberg 2012

See also Plecotus, Plecotus alleganiensis, Plecotus austriacus, Plecotus balensis, Plecotus schoepfelii, Plecotus sp., Plecotus spp.