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1935, and Hall, Journ. Mamra., vol. 20, No. 1, p. 103, Feb. 15, 1939) ; and Bill- 

 ings, Mont. (Nicholson, Journ. Mamm., vol. 31, No. 2, p. 197, May 25, 1950) . 

 Genus CORYNORHINUS * H. Allen 

 1865. Corynorhinus H. Allen, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, p. 

 174. (Type, Plecotus macrotis Le Conte.) 



Corynorhinus rafinesquii rafinesquii (Lesson)* 



1818. Vespertilio megalotis Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag., vol. 3, No. 6, 

 p. 446, October 1818. (Not of Bechstein, Thomas Pennant's allgemeine 

 Uebersicht der vierfiissigen Thiere . . . , vol. 2, p. 622, 1800.) 

 1827. Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson, Manuel de mammalogie, . . . , p. 96. 

 1916. Corynorhinus megalotis G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 60, 



p. 338, April 1916. 

 1916. Corynorhinus rafinesquii Thomas, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 29, 



p. 127, June 6, 1916. 

 Type Locality. — "The lower parts of the Ohio" River, probably in southern 

 Indiana and Illinois or western Kentucky in the region between the Wabash and 

 Green Rivers. Range. — Central eastern United States from extreme western 

 Virginia, northeastern West Virginia (Wilson, Journ. Mamm., vol. 27, No. 1, p. 

 86, Mar. 14, 1946) , through Kentucky, southern Indiana and Illinois, intergrad- 

 ing with the race pallescens to the westward. 



Corynorhinus rafinesquii pallescens Millerf * 



1897. Corynorhinus macrotis pallescens Miller, North Amer. Fauna No. 13, 

 p. 52, Oct. 16, 1897. 



1916. Corynorhinus megalotis pallescens G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. 60, p. 341, April 1916. 



Type Locality. — Keam Canyon, Navajo County, Ariz. Range. — Western 

 United States from western Texas, south-central Kansas (Hibbard, Trans. Kansas 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 47, p. 65, September 1944), Colorado, and southwestern South 

 Dakota west through Utah (Hardy, Journ. Mamm., vol. 22, No. 3, p. 293, Aug. 14, 

 1941), Nevada south of Esmeralda and White Pine Counties (Hall, Mammals 

 of Nevada, p. 162, July 1, 1946) , and the Colorado and Mohave deserts of Cali- 

 fornia to the Pacific Coast in San Diego County (Dalquest, Journ. Mamm., vol. 28, 

 No. 1, p. 19, Feb. 17, 1947). Also recorded from northeastern Sonora, Mexico 

 (Burt, Univ. Michigan Mus. Zool. Misc. Publ. 39, p. 26, Feb. 15, 1938) . 



Corynorhinus rafinesquii townsendii (Cooper)* 



1837. Plecotus townsendii Cooper, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 4, p. 73, 



November 1837. 

 1897. Corynorhinus macrotis townsendii Miller, North Amer. Fauna No. 13, 



p. 53, Oct. 16, 1897. 

 1916. Corynorhinus megalotis townsendii G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



vol. 60, p. 344, April 1916. 

 Type Locality. — Columbia River, Oreg. Range. — Humid coast region from 

 Vancouver Island, British Columbia;, southward to 4 miles south of Calistoga, 



48 Revised by Miller, North Amer. Fauna No. 13, pp. 49-54, Oct. 16, 1897; and G. M. Allen 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 60, pp. 333-356, April 1916. California forms reviewed by Dal- 

 quest, Journ. Mamm., vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 17-30, Feb. 17, 1947. 



