{{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Corynorhinus | image = Big-eared-townsend-fledermaus.jpg | image_caption = Townsend's big-eared bat (''Corynorhinus townsendii'') | taxon = Corynorhinus | authority = H. Allen, 1865 | type_species = ''Plecotus macrotis'' <ref>{{MSW3|id=13802136}}</ref> | type_species_authority = Le Conte, 1831 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''Corynorhinus rafinesquii''<br> ''Corynorhinus mexicanus''<br> ''Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae''<br> ''Corynorhinus townsendii'' }}
The genus '''''Corynorhinus''''' consists of the '''big-eared bats''', or '''American long-eared bats'''. Only four species occur in the genus, all occurring in North America. Members of this group were previously in the genus ''Plecotus'', the long-eared bats, and were also then called '''lump-nosed bats'''. Populations of these species are generally uncommon and declining. Two subspecies, the Virginia big-eared bat (''C. t. virginianus'') and the Ozark big-eared bat (''C. t. ingens'') are federally endangered.
==Species== ''Corynorhinus'' species are:
*''Corynorhinus rafinesquii'' Rafinesque's big-eared bat<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Corynorhinus_rafinesquii/ |title = Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)}}</ref> *''Corynorhinus mexicanus'' Mexican big-eared bat *''Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae'' Leon Paniagua's big-eared bat *''Corynorhinus townsendii'' Townsend's big-eared bat **''C. t. ingens'' Ozark big-eared bat (endangered) **''C. t. pallescens'' western big-eared bat **''C. t. townsendii'' Townsend's big-eared bat **''C. t. virginianus'' Virginia big-eared bat (endangered)
==Popular culture== ''Corynorhinus'' is one of the track listing names in the Batman Begins soundtrack by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland. * Harvey, M.J., J.S. Altenbach, and T.L. Best. 1999. Bats of the United States. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. {{Vespertilionidae|V.|Pl.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q278347}}
Category:Corynorhinus Category:Bat genera Category:Taxa named by Harrison Allen
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