Plecotus townsendii Cooper, 1837 . Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist., 4:73.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., Washington, Clark Co., Fort Vancouver .

DISTRIBUTION: S. British Columbia (Canada) through W. U.S. A, to Oaxaca (Mexico), east through Oklahoma to W. Virginia.

COMMENT: Formerly in genus Corynorhinus; see Anderson, 1972, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 148:255.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. t. ingens subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. t. virginianus subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405014020005001.