Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
     Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
       Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
         Genus Plecotus Geoffroy, 1818 - lump-nosed bats
           1 Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown long-eared bat
           2 Plecotus austriacus (Fischer, 1829) - grey long-eared bat
           3 Plecotus mexicanus (G.M. Allen, 1916) - Mexican big-eared bat see Corynorhinus mexicanus Allen, 1916
           4 Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson, 1827 - Rafinesque's big-eared bat see Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Lesson, 1827)
           5 Plecotus taivanus Yoshiyuki, 1991
           6 Plecotus teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907
           7 Plecotus townsendii Cooper, 1837 - Townsend's big-eared bat see Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837)
           8 Subgenus Plecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818
           9 Subgenus Corynorhinus H. Allen, 1865 see Genus Corynorhinus Allen, 1865