Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson, 1827 . Manual de Mammalogie, p. 96.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Illinois, Wabash Co., Mt. Carmel .

DISTRIBUTION: SE USA from Virginia to Missouri, south to E Texas and Florida.

SYNONYMS: leconteii, macrotis .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Corynorhinus . Formerly in genus Corynorhinus; see Anderson (1972:255). See C. Jones (1977, Mammalian Species, 69).