Plecotus auritus Linnaeus, 1758

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 432-433

Plecotus peronii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

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Plecotus peronii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 : Class 1, Part 2, Text to plate 3.

COMMON NAME. — Brown Long-eared Bat.

CURRENT NAME. — Plecotus auritus Linnaeus, 1758 .

See Simmons (2005: 482) and Moratelli & Burgin (2019: 869).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Collection locality unknown as the description gives possible localities as Cape Town, southern Asia or Australia (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832: class 1, part 2). COMMENT. — This genus occurs in Europe, but also in Tererife ( Moratelli & Burgin 2019: 865), which was visited by the Baudin expedition. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-434 , female syntype (specimen missing) , and MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-77 (Fig. 55), male, syntype preserved in alcohol .

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Possibly illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80042 ( Fig. 167 ; left – living animal). Illustration is unnamed by Baglione & Crémière (2016: 358-359) but may be this species.

Figures

FIG. 56. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-77, syntype male in alcohol of Plecotus pero- nii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832. Scale bar: 2 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN.

FIG. 167. — Bats of unknown attribution to species or geographic region but suspected to be Plecotus peronii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (left); Myotis myotis Borkhausen, 1797 (centre and right). Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour, pencil and ink – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80042. Credits: MHNH.