Corynorhinus
| Corynorhinus | |
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| Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) | |
Scientific classification 
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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 | |
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Corynorhinus rafinesquii | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.