Pacific Townsend's Big-Eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus | Corynorhinus |
| Species | Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from 14 counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania
Counties
- Arkansas
- Crawford, Madison, Marion, Washington
- Kentucky
- Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rockcastle
- Oklahoma
- Adair, Sequoyah
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2017.
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N3 Vulnerable
- Canada
- N3 Vulnerable
Subnational ranks
- Arizona
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wyoming
- S2B Imperiled (breeding), S1N Critically Imperiled (non-breeding)
- Washington
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Nevada
- S2 Imperiled
- Texas
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Dakota
- S2 Imperiled
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- Colorado
- S2 Imperiled
- Arkansas
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Oregon
- S2 Imperiled
- Kansas
- S2 Imperiled
- Utah
- S3 Vulnerable
- Navajo Nation
- S2 Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Idaho
- S3 Vulnerable
- Kentucky
- SNR Unranked
- Tennessee
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- New Mexico
- S3 Vulnerable
- Montana
- S3 Vulnerable
- Virginia
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Missouri
- SX Presumed Extirpated
- California
- S2 Imperiled
- British Columbia
- S3 Vulnerable
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Dunivan, J.D., Tumlison, C.R. & McDaniel, V.R. 1982. Cave fauna of Arkansas: further records. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 36: 87–88. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/28.
- Fenolio, D.B. 2014. 2014 Ozark aquatic subterranean wildlife surveys. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 21 pp.
- Gannon, M.R. & Bovard, B.N. 2016. The value of bats: keystone species in the keystone state. In: Butchkoski, C.M., Reeder, D.M., Turner, G.G. & Whidden, H.P. (eds), Conservation and Ecology of Pennsylvania's Bats, pp. 5–31. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Harker, D.F., Jr. & Barr, T.C., Jr. 1979. Caves and associated fauna of Eastern Kentucky, Volume 3. Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfurt, Kentucky, USA. 130 pp.
- Hart, J.A. & Brenner, F.J. 2016. The history of bat research in Pennsylvania. In: Butchkoski, C.M., Reeder, D.M., Turner, G.G. & Whidden, H.P. (eds), Conservation and Ecology of Pennsylvania's Bats, pp. 49–61. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
- McLaren, S.B. & Wible, J.R. 2016. Pennsylvania bats preserved as museum specimens: a storehouse of information. In: Butchkoski, C.M., Reeder, D.M., Turner, G.G. & Whidden, H.P. (eds), Conservation and Ecology of Pennsylvania's Bats, pp. 63–74. The Pennsylvania Academy of Science, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
How to cite this account
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2325. https://cavebiology.org/species/corynorhinus-townsendii/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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