Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Tribe Plecotini Gray, 1866
             Genus Plecotus Geoffroy, 1818 - lump-nosed bats
               Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown long-eared bat
                 1 [Plecotus auritus auritus] (Linnaeus, 1758)
                 2 Plecotus auritus begognae (de Paz, 1994)
                 3 Plecotus auritus homochrous Hodgson, 1847
                 4 Plecotus auritus sacrimontis Allen, 1908
                 5 Plecotus auritus uenoi Imaizumi & Yoshiyuki, 1969