Townsend's Big-eared bat

Common Name
Townsend's Big-eared bat
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Species Name
Corynorhinus townsendii
Status
Vulnerable
States
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Mexico
Nevada
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming

Distribution

Western United States, east to the Rocky Mountains, a few scattered populations in the eastern United States

Notes

TRIBE Plecotini; *Status is Vulnerable as Plecotus townsendii; Endangered as P. ingens and P. virginianus. Live & hibernate (singly or in groups) in gypsum caves & caverns under granite boulders. May forage close to ground. Cavernicolous