| Virginia big-eared bat | |
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| Photo of a Virginia big-eared bat roosting at a large hibernaculum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Corynorhinus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. t. virginianus
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| Trinomial name | |
| Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus Handley, 1955
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The Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)[3] 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.[4] The Virginia big-eared bat is the state bat of Virginia.[5]
- ^ "Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. (2017). "Corynorhinus townsendii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T17598A21976681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T17598A21976681.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ US Fish and Wildlife Service (2003), Virginia big-eared bat
- ^ Strickland, Johnson (2003), Biological Assessment for the Federally Endangered Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) and Virginia Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), pp. 9–10
- ^ Virginia State Bat