Eastern Big-Eared Bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Lesson, 1827)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 34 counties across seven states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee

Counties

Alabama

Blount, Jackson

Arkansas

Lawrence, Washington

Georgia

Rabun

Indiana

Lawrence

Kentucky

Adair, Barren, Breckinridge, Carter, Edmonson, Estill, Hart, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Taylor, Warren, Wayne

North Carolina

Swain

Tennessee

Blount, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Pickett, Sevier, Van Buren, Warren

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2017.

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

National ranks

United States

N3 Vulnerable

Subnational ranks

Virginia

S2 Imperiled

Alabama

S2 Imperiled

Ohio

SH Possibly Extirpated

Oklahoma

S3 Vulnerable

South Carolina

S2 Imperiled

Indiana

SH Possibly Extirpated

Illinois

S1 Critically Imperiled

Mississippi

S3 Vulnerable

Kentucky

S3 Vulnerable

Missouri

S1 Critically Imperiled

Tennessee

S3 Vulnerable

North Carolina

S3 Vulnerable

Texas

S2 Imperiled

West Virginia

S1 Critically Imperiled

Georgia

S3 Vulnerable

Louisiana

S3 Vulnerable

Florida

S1 Critically Imperiled

Arkansas

S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

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• Godwin, J.C. 2000. Reassessment of the historical and search for new localities of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) in Alabama. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Montgomery, Alabama, USA. 15 pp.
• 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.
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• Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
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• Linzey, D.W. 1995. Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 1995 update. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 111: 1–81.
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• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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