Virginia big-eared bat
| Virginia big-eared bat | |
|---|---|
| Photo of a Virginia big-eared bat roosting at a large hibernaculum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Corynorhinus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. t. virginianus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus Handley, 1955 | |
The Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) is one of two endangered subspecies of the Townsend's big-eared bat. It is found in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. In 1979, the US Fish and Wildlife Service categorized this as an endangered species. There are about 20,000 left and most of them can be found in West Virginia. The Virginia big-eared bat is the state bat of Virginia.