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

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Washington, Clark Co., Fort Vancouver .

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

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as P. t. ingens and P. t. virginianus.

SYNONYMS: australis, ingens, intermedius, pallescens, virginianus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Corynorhinus . Formerly in genus Corynorhinus; see Anderson (1972:255). See Kunz and Martin (1982, Mammalian Species, 175).