Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats Suborder Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875 see Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821 Genus Plecotus Geoffroy, 1818 - lump-nosed bats Subgenus Plecotus E. Geoffroy, 1818 Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown long-eared bat