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Plecotus townsendii Cooper, 1837

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cooper, & William. (1837). On two species of Plecotus inhabiting the United States Territory. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, Vol. 4.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Vespertilionidae
genus
Corynorhinus
species
Corynorhinus townsendii

Name

Homonyms
Plecotus townsendii Cooper, 1837
Common names
Townsend's Big-eared Bat in language.
Townsend's big-eared bat in English
Townsend's big-eared bat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Cooper, William, 1837: On two species of Plecotus inhabiting the United States Territory. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, vol. 4. 71-75.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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