The Taiwan long-eared bat (''Plecotus taivanus''), also known as the Taiwan big-eared bat, is a species of

vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

in the family

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

. It is found only in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. The Taiwan big-eared bat was described as a new species in 1991 by M. Yoshiyuki.

References

Mammals of Taiwan Endemic fauna of Taiwan Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1991 Bats of Asia Taiwan big-eared bat {{Vespertilionidae-stub