Corynorhinus townsendii

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., vol. 4, 73

Original name as described

Plecotus townsendii

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Columbia River." Restricted by C. O. Handley, Jr. in 1959 to Fort Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,SD,NE,CA,NV,UT,CO,AZ,NM,KS,TX,OK,AR,MO,WV,VA,KY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005657

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Corynorhinus macrotis intermedius

H. W. Grinnell, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:7753

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:7753

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524720

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Plecotus townsendii

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus

Handley, 1955

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:269163

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37dee143a-685c-43c9-ba43-0f17225c33ab

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39747002

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Corynorhinus townsendii ingens

Handley, 1955

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:296767

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39acf4d85-bc49-4247-8e4b-8e8f53021b61

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39747002

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Corynorhinus townsendii australis

Handley, 1955

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:297265

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36f56e39c-6543-41ac-bcb3-5238bd542771

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39747001

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Corynorhinus macrotis pallescens

G. S. Miller, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:66534

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a0bb2907-8143-44fc-8838-8de2e12db7aa

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540543

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Corynorhinus rafinesquii intermedius

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

389

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806328

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Corynorhinus rafinesquii pallescens

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806327

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Corynorhinus rafinesquii townsendii

V. O. Bailey, 1936

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806325

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Plecotus townsendi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

74

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17598/21976681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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