Plecotus ognevi Kishida 1927
- Dataset
- Vespertilionidae
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Vespertilionidae
- genus
- Plecotus
- species
- Plecotus ognevi
activity
Activity patterns. Recorded hibernating in a cave in the Primorsky Krai, Russia.
biology_ecology
Habitat. Typical foraging habitat includes forest-steppe, taiga, and mountain and temperate mixed deciduous forest, always in highlands; also river catchment areas and riparian vegetation.
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
breeding
Breeding. Breeds in small colonies of a maximum of few tens of individuals, roosting in crevices of old trees. A maternity colony was found in a cave near Beijing, China.
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
description
Descriptive notes. Head-body 48 - 50 mm, tail 44 - 46 mm, ear 31 - 33 mm, hindfoot c. 8 mm, forearm 40 - 42 mm; weight 7 - 9 g. Similar to the Brown Long-eared Bat (P. auritus) but forearm is slightly larger, whereas it is shorter than in the Japanese Long-eared Bat (P. sacrimontis) and Kozlov’s Long-eared Bat (P kozlovi). Fur almost woolly, dark brown dorsally and pale brown to white ventrally (hairs bicolored, with dark bases and white tips); some individuals have some pale hairs surrounding neck and throat. Toes are brown and generally covered by long dense hair. Face quite dark, naked from nose to muzzle and eyes. Membranes usually translucent and delicate. Tragus 13 - 15 mm long. Tibia 18 - 20 mm long. Thumbs and claws remarkably long. Skull medium-sized, smaller in males than in females, very similar in structure to Strelkov’s Long-eared Bat (P. strelkovi); there is a diagnostic pronounced concavity in dorsal profile of anterior part of skull. Dental formula is 12 / 3, C 1 / 1, P 2 / 3, M 3 / 3 (x 2) = 36. Chromosomal complement has 2 n = 32 and FNa = 50.
discussion
Previously considered a race of P. auritus. Monotypic.
distribution
Distribution. Extreme E Kazakhstan and C Asian mountains E through Mongolia and NE China to Korea and Russian Far East, including Sakhalin I.
food_feeding
Food and Feeding. Diet is mostly moths (Lepidoptera) and mosquitoes (Diptera). Forages both by aerial-hawking and by gleaning.
materials_examined
Sakhalin, Russia.
Name
- Synonyms
- Plecotus auritus subsp. ognevi Kishida 1927
- Homonyms
- Plecotus ognevi Kishida 1927
- Common names
- Ognev-Langohr in Alemán
- Ognev’s Long-eared Bat in Inglés
- Oreillard d'Ognev in Francés
- Orejudo de Ognev in language.