The bat shelter is a project to protect the endangered Rafinesque's big-ear bat (Plecotus rafinesquii).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference

Mitochondrial phylogeography of the long-eared bats (Plecotus) in the Mediterranean Palaearctic and Atlantic Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference

Systematics of the genus Plecotus (Mammalia, Vespertilionidae) in Austria based on morphometric and molecular investigations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference

Winkler, H. & Haring, E. (2006): A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results.    From Wordnik.com.  [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference

Two additional mammals which are candidates for listing as nationally threatened include Townsend's big-eared bat Plecotus townsendii (I) and Pacific fisher Martes pennanti.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redwood National Park, United States] Reference

Atlantic Islands Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis, VU) and Canary Big-eared bat (Plecotus teneriffae, VU) are considered near-endemic to this ecoregion (but endemic to the Archipelago).    From Wordnik.com.  [Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests] Reference

When I first read about M. cypriacus being called the "first new mammal in Europe for a century", it also struck me as totally ridiculous, particularly since Plecotus sardus is only five years away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference

The bats include the Canary Island long eared bat Plecotus teneriffae, a Canary Islands endemic, Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis (VU), endemic to Madeira and the Canaries and the commonest species, Leisler's bat Nyctalus leisleri.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teide National Park, Spain] Reference

The only other extant endemic mammal of the Canary Islands, the bat Plecotus teneriffae, was named in 1907 as a subspecies and given species status in 1985, so the islands have proved an important place for the discovery of new European mammals.    From Wordnik.com.  [The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking] Reference

These include, but are not limited to, a number of land snails and salamanders, a variety of plant species including orchids and many herbaceous plants, the red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), the Virginia big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii virginianus), the red wolf (Canis rufus) and the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests] Reference

Genus Plecotus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference

Mammal species include brown bear Ursus arctos (40 + pairs), grey wolf Canis lupus, jackal Canis aureus, pine marten Martes martes, rock marten Martes foina, polecat Mustela putorius, badger Meles meles, otter Lutra lutra (VU), wild cat Felis silvestris, wild boar Sus scrofa, red deer Cervus elaphus, roe deer Capreolus capreolus and Balkan chamois Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica (250-260); also the greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis, longeared bat Plecotus auritus and Greek tortoise Testudo graeca (VU).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pirin National Park, Bulgaria] Reference