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Definition of Genus Plecotus
1. Noun. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae
Member holonyms: Long-eared Bat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Plecotus
Literary usage of Genus Plecotus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus Plecotus. Ears very large, united at the base ; outer margin of the ear
conch terminating opposite the base of the tragus, the inner margin~with an ..."
2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by Indian Museum, John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater (1881)
"Yangi- hissar, between Kashghar and Yarkand. Presented by the Second Yarkand
Mission, 1874. g. A skull. No history, genus Plecotus, Geoffrey, 1812. 139. ..."
3. A History of British Quadrupeds, Including the Cetacea by Thomas Bell, Robert F. Tomes, Edward Richard Alston (1874)
"... which have been placed by some writers in the genus Plecotus, but may remark
that in all the specimens we have seen, the face bears as much resemblance ..."
4. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"GENUS : PLECOTUS This is a genus represented by two species, one inhabiting North
America and the other Europe, Asia, and North Africa. ..."
5. Monograph of the Asiatic Chiroptera: And Catalogue of the Species of Bats in by Indian Museum, George Edward Dobson (1876)
"... and the name of the genus considered typical may be inferred from the name of
the group. Thus the genus Plecotus may be considered typical of the ..."
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