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Scientific Name
Corynorhinus townsendii
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837)
Park
Joshua Tree National Park (JOTR)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Townsend's big-eared bat
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderChiroptera
SuborderYangochiroptera
SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea
FamilyVespertilionidae
SubfamilyVespertilioninae
TribePlecotini
GenusCorynorhinus
SpeciesCorynorhinus townsendii
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Michael Vamstad, JOTR Wildlife Ecologist, Kristen Lalumiere, JOTR Wildlife Bio. Tech., and Stephanie Root, JOTR Bio. Tech., 2/29/2012.
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Michael Vamstad, JOTR Wildlife Ecologist, Stephanie Root, Bio. Tech. and Kristen Lalumiere, Bio. Tech., 2/29/2012.
Abundance
Unknown
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Michael Vamstad, JOTR Wildlife Ecologist, Stephanie Root, Bio. Tech. and Kristen Lalumiere, Bio. Tech., 2/29/2012.
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    All bats using abandoned mines are monitored
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
1
References
6
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
DC -I&M Office
Created Date
10/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Jennifer Stingelin Keefer
Last Modified Date
3/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Detail: Formerly Plecotus townsendii, this bat has been reassigned to the genus Corynorhinus (Tumlison and Douglas, 1992), Park Species Data Source: Watkins, F. 2002. Memorandum to C. Holbeck. A report on a bat survey of abandoned underground mine workings at Joshua Tree National Park. Memorandum. NATUREBIB-633990., Accepted Detail: Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp (accessed 1/30/2012). Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Residency was Unknown with comment: Data Source: Michael Vamstad, JOTR Wildlife Ecologist, 3/13/2012.
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