Townsend's big-eared bat

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Townsend's Big-Eared Bat

Conservation status

Vulnerable

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Corynorhinus
Species:	C. townsendii

Binomial name

Corynorhinus (Plecotus) townsendii
Cooper, 1837

The Townsend's Big-Eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.

1 Range
2 Taxonomy
3 Subspecies
4 References

[edit] Range

C. townsendii can be found in the following countries: Canada, Mexico, and United States.^[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

Members of the genus Corynorhinus were previously in the genus Plecotus.

[edit] Subspecies

Four subspecies exist:

C. t. townsendii
C. t. ingens (Federally endangered^{[citation needed]})
C. t. virginianus, the Virginia big-eared bat (Federally endangered^{[citation needed]}; the Virginia state bat)
C. t. ?????