Corynorhinus townsendii

(W. Cooper, 1837)

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Close-up of head, subsp. pallescens
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Location:UnknownDate taken:Jan 1, 1968

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 229

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

Cooper, W. 1837-11. On two species of Plecotus inhabiting the United States territory. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 4(1):71-75.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370333

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://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.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

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 page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370333

Authority publication

Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York

Name usages

  1. Cooper (1837:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3370333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68443)
  2. Fitzinger (1872:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)
  3. Goodwin (1969:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10358)
  4. Anderson (1972:256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  5. Watkins, Jones & Genoways (1972:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71630)
  6. Hall (1981:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35036)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Heaton (1985:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Koopman (1993:225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  11. Koopman (1994:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Plecotus townsendi

(De Kay, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003466

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Allen (1890:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10046)
  3. Trouessart (1897:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  4. Trouessart (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Synotus townsendi

(H. Allen, 1864)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817127

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Allen (1864:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8817127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36019)

Vespertilio Townsendi

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

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

Name usages

  1. Miller (1897:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)
  2. Bailey (1905:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  3. Elliot (1905:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

Corynorhinus macrotis townsendii

G. S. Miller, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540544

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Miller (1897:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14569)

Corynorhinus townsendii

J. A. Allen, 1897

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046626

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1897:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10354)
  2. Lange (1960:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. 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)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17598/21976681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plecotus macrotis pallescens

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Corynorhinus macrotis townsendi

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

townsendi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466209

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Elliot (1905:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4466209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20606)

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)

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