Species: Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens

Pale Lump-nosed Bat
Species
Mammals

Very large ears, 30-39 mm, joined across forehead; dorsal hairs slate or gray with pale cinnamon brown to blackish brown tips that contrast little with the base; ventral hairs slate, gray, or brownish, with brownish or buff tips; two large fleshy lumps on snout; hairs on toes do not project beyond toenails; total length 90-112 mm; forearm 39.2-47.6 mm; greatest length of skull 15.2-17.4 mm; 36 teeth; adult mass 5-13 g (Handley 1959, Hall 1981, Kunz and Martin 1982, Ingles 1965).

Source: Encyclopedia of Life

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Vespertilionidae

Genus

Corynorhinus

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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Pale Big-eared Bat - Townsend's Pale Big-eared Bat
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Bats
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae - Corynorhinus - (see taxonomic comments for full species).

Very large ears, 30-39 mm, joined across forehead; dorsal hairs slate or gray with pale cinnamon brown to blackish brown tips that contrast little with the base; ventral hairs slate, gray, or brownish, with brownish or buff tips; two large fleshy lumps on snout; hairs on toes do not project beyond toenails; total length 90-112 mm; forearm 39.2-47.6 mm; greatest length of skull 15.2-17.4 mm; 36 teeth; adult mass 5-13 g (Handley 1959, Hall 1981, Kunz and Martin 1982, Ingles 1965).

Source: Encyclopedia of Life

Short General Description
A 10-cm-long bat with very large ears.
Migration
true - false - false - Relatively sedentary; the longest documented movements are on the order of 32-64 km. Apparently a local migrant in Arizona; summers throughout the state but known mainly from south of the Mogollon Plateau and northwest Mohave County in winter (Hoffmeister 1986).
Non-migrant
true
Locally Migrant
false
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G4T4
Global Status Last Reviewed
1993-05-25
Global Status Last Changed
1993-05-25
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Southern British Columbia southward through the western United States to northwestern Mexico; west to central Washington, central Oregon, eastern and southern California, Sonora, and islands in the Gulf of California; east to South Dakota, Kansas, western Oklahoma, and Texas (Hall 1981). This is the most widespread subspecies of <i>C. townsendii</i>.
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