Corynorhinus

Corynorhinus townsendii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Plecotini
Genus: Corynorhinus
Species (4): C. leonpaniaguae – C. mexicanus – C. rafinesquii – C. townsendii

Name

Corynorhinus H. Allen, 1865: 173

• Type species: Plecotus macrotis Le Conte, 1831, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Allen, H. 1865. On a New Genus of Vespertilionidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 17: 173–175. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Frost, D.R. & Timm, R.M. 1992. Phylogeny of Plecotine Bats (Chiroptera: "Vespertilionidae"): Summary of the Evidence and Proposal of a Logically Consistent Taxonomy. American Museum Novitates 3034: 1–16. hdl: 2246/4998 Reference page. 
• Tumlison, R. & Douglas, M.E. 1992. Parsimony Analysis and the Phylogeny of the Plecotine Bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy 73(2): 276–285. DOI: 10.2307/1382057 Reference page. 
• Bogdanowicz, W., Kasper, S. & Owen, R.D. 1998. Phylogeny of Plecotine Bats: Reevaluation of Morphological and Chromosomal Data. Journal of Mammalogy 79(1): 78–90. DOI: 10.2307/1382843 Reference page. 
• Hoofer, S.R. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of plecotine bats and allies based on mitochondrial ribosomal sequences. Journal of Mammalogy 82(1): 131–137. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0131:PROPBA>2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• López-Cuamatzi, I.L., Ortega, J., Ospina-Garcés, S.M., Zúñiga, G. & MacSwiney G., M.C. 2024. Molecular and morphological data suggest a new species of big-eared bat (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus) endemic to northeastern Mexico. PLoS ONE 19(2): e0296275. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296275 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Big Eared Bats
polski: Bryłonosek

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