Ozark big-eared bat
Ozark big-eared bat | |
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An Ozark big-eared bat on a cave ceiling | |
Hibernating Ozark big-eared bat | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Corynorhinus |
Species: | C. townsendii |
Subspecies: | C. t. ingens
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Trinomial name | |
Corynorhinus townsendii ingens Handley, 1955
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Synonyms[4] | |
Plecotus townsendii subsp. ingens (Handley, 1955) |
The Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) is an endangered species found only in a small number of caves in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, the southern central United States. Also known as the western big-eared bat, the long-eared bat, and the lump-nosed bat, its appearance is defined by a pair of outsize ears and a lump-adorned nose.
The
Importance
Bats are beneficial to our planet in a myriad of ways. A colony of big brown bats can eat 18 million
Habitat
The caves used by Ozark big-eared bats are located in
Offspring
Causes of decline
Concern about the
Conservation efforts
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has established the Sequoyah/Oklahoma Bat Caves National Wildlife Refuge.[11] In other areas, cave entrances have been fenced—to keep humans and domestic animals out of the caves but to allow bats access.
See also
- Bats of the United States
References
- ^ NatureServe (1 December 2023). "Corynorhinus townsendii ingens". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingens)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ 44 FR 69206
- ^ "Corynorhinus townsendii ingens Handley, 1955". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- ^ a b Wild Cave National Park
- ^ a b c d Bogan
- ^ Karst Waters Institute
- ^ a b National Geographic
- ^ Harley, Stephen A. Miller, John P. Zoology 5th edition (8th ed.). Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill. p. 60.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "About Us". Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
Bibliography
- Bogan, Michael. "Potential Effects of Global Changes on Bats." http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/bats/, (accessed January 28, 2009).
- Groom, Martha et al.,. Principles of Conservation Biology. Saunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2006.
- Karst Waters Institute, (http://www.karstwaters.org/kwitour/whatiskarst.htm Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine), 2002–2008, (accessed February 1, 2009).
- National Geographic, ([1]), 1996–2009, (accessed February 4, 2009).
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Oklahoma/spplist.htm, (accessed January 28, 2009).