Corynorhinus rafinesquii

(Lesson, 1827)

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat

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Location:USA, SC, Charleston Co., McClellanvilleDate taken:Jan 1, 1970

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 394

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Plecotini
Genus : Corynorhinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. J. B. Baillière et fils, Paris, 441 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207564

Original name as described

Plecotus Rafinesquii

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"les Etats-Unis." Restricted by C. O. Handley, Jr. in 1959 to "Mount Carmel, Wabash County, Ill[inois]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(TX, LA, AR, MO, IL, IN, OH, KY, WV, VA, TN, NC, SC, GA, AL, MS, FL)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005656

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio megalotis

(Rafinesque, 1818)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

446

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Temminck (1840:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Plecotus Rafinesquii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rafinesquii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207564

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  3. Lesson (1842:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Hall (1981:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Koopman (1993:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  8. Koopman (1994:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Plecotus macrotis

(Le Conte in McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834562

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:495, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Trouessart (1897:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  3. Trouessart (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Plecotus lecontii

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lecontii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370332

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

  1. Cooper (1837:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68443)
  2. De Kay (1842:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  3. Fitzinger (1872:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)

Synotus macrotis

(H. Allen, 1864)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817125

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Allen (1864:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36019)
  2. Fitzinger (1872:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)

Vespertilio Lecontei

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lecontei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Corynorhinus macrotis

Coues, 1868

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288872

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Coues (1868:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288872) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  2. Miller (1897:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)
  3. Bangs (1898:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)
  4. Bailey (1905:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  5. Elliot (1905:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)
  6. Allen (1916:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2748103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11504)
  7. Harper (1927:279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67783)

Plecotus megalotis

(Fitzinger, 1872)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285107

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1872:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)
  2. Trouessart (1878:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)

Corynorhinus megalotis

G. M. Allen, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747960

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1916:338, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11504)

Corynorhinus rafinesquii

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

rafinesquii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336660

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/46163)
  2. Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)
  3. Bailey (1936:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  4. Hatfield (1942:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69512)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17600/21976905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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