Mediterranean long-eared bat

Weight

8.19 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

30 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

65.1 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.28src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.6 months – 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The mediterranean long-eared bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyVespertilionidae
6. genusPlecotus
7. SpeciesPlecotus kolombatovici Dulic, 1980

Synonyms Plecotus austriacus kolombatovici

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Brown long-eared bat

Plecotus auritus

Vespertilionidae

NT, Near Threatened

Grey long-eared bat

Plecotus austriacus

Vespertilionidae

LC, Least Concern

Alpine long-eared bat

Plecotus macrobullaris

Vespertilionidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Sardinian long-eared bat

Plecotus sardus

Vespertilionidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Canary long-eared bat

Plecotus teneriffae

Vespertilionidae

NT, Near Threatened

T

Taiwan long-eared bat

Plecotus taivanus

VespertilionidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMediterranean long-eared bat vs Brown long-eared batMediterranean long-eared bat vs Grey long-eared batMediterranean long-eared bat vs Alpine long-eared batMediterranean long-eared bat vs Sardinian long-eared bat

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@misc{mediterranean_long_eared_bat_2026,
  title = {Mediterranean long-eared bat (Plecotus kolombatovici)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mediterranean-long-eared-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}