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Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Corynorhinus townsendii

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 263, February 228, March 237, April 294, May 286, June 210, July 180, August 183, September 233, October 238, November 306, December 236.
United States8,178
California2,895
Nevada1,683
Arizona788
Texas620
New Mexico426
Oklahoma331
Utah217
Idaho189
Colorado184

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

  • InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

  • EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderBats · Chiroptera
FamilyEvening Bats · Vespertilionidae
GenusAmerican Big-eared Bats · Corynorhinus

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