Plecotus

{{Short description|Genus of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Plecotus auritus 2013-2 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

| taxon = Plecotus

| authority = E. Geoffroy, 1818

| type_species = Vespertilio auritus

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Plecotus is a genus of vesper bat, commonly called long-eared bats. They are found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Many species in the genus have only been described and recognized in recent years.{{cite journal | author1 = Spitzenberger, F. | author2 = Strelkov, P. P. | author3 = Winkler, H. | author4 = Haring, E. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2006 | title = A preliminary revision of the genus Plecotus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) based on genetic and morphological results | journal = Zoologica Scripta | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 187–230 | url = https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/jart/prj3/nhm/data/uploads/mitarbeiter_dokumente/spitzenberger/Rev_Plecotus_2006.pdf | doi=10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00224.x}}