Corynorhinus

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Corynorhinus
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Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)
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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 leonpaniaguae
Corynorhinus townsendii

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The genus Corynorhinus consists of the big-eared bats, or American long-eared bats. Only four 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 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.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. "Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)".