Corynorhinus

Corynorhinus
Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Plecotini
Genus:	Corynorhinus H. Allen, 1865
Type species
Plecotus macrotis [1] Le Conte, 1831
Species
Corynorhinus rafinesquii Corynorhinus mexicanus Corynorhinus townsendii

The genus Corynorhinus consists of the big-eared bats, or American long-eared bats. Only three species occur in the genus, all occurring in North America. Members of this group were previously in the genus Plecotus, the long-eared bats, and were also then called lump-nosed bats. Populations of these species are generally uncommon and declining. Two subspecies, the Virginia big-eared bat (C. t. virginianus) and the Ozark big-eared bat (C. t. ingens) are federally endangered.

Species

Corynorhinus species are:

• Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's big-eared bat[2]
• Corynorhinus mexicanus Mexican big-eared bat
• Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's big-eared bat
  • C. t. ingens Ozark big-eared bat (endangered)
  • C. t. pallescens western big-eared bat
  • C. t. townsendii Townsend's big-eared bat
  • C. t. virginianus Virginia big-eared bat (endangered)

Popular culture

Corynorhinus is one of the track listing names in the Batman Begins soundtrack by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer.

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. "Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)".

• Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland.
• Harvey, M.J., J.S. Altenbach, and T.L. Best. 1999. Bats of the United States. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

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