Plecotus peronii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832

(Figs 56; 167)

Plecotus peronii I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832: Class 1, Part 2, Text to plate 3.

COMMON NAME. — Brown Long-eared Bat.

CURRENT NAME. — Plecotus auritus Linnaeus, 1758 .

See Simmons (2005: 482) and Moratelli & Burgin (2019: 869).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Collection locality unknown as the description gives possible localities as Cape Town, southern Asia or Australia (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1832: class 1, part 2). COMMENT. — This genus occurs in Europe, but also in Tererife (Moratelli & Burgin 2019: 865), which was visited by the Baudin expedition. COLLECTION DATE. — Before 24 January 1804. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-434, female syntype (specimen missing), and MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-77 (Fig. 55), male, syntype preserved in alcohol .

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Possibly illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80042 (Fig. 167; left – living animal). Illustration is unnamed by Baglione & Crémière (2016: 358-359) but may be this species.