Corynorhinus H. Allen , 1865. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 17: 173.
Plecotus macrotis Le Conte, 1831 (= Plecotus rafinesque Lesson, 1827)
Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae López-Cuamatzi, Ortega, Ospina-Garcé, Zúñiga & MacSwiney G., 2024.
PLOS One 19(2): 23.
León Paniagua’s Big-eared Bat
Mexico, Nuevo León, Galeana, 2.5 km NE from Puerto Grande, Cave El Hundido
Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. (Mexico)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
López-Cuamatzi, I.L., J. Ortega, S.M. Ospina-Garcés, G. Zúñiga, and M.C. MacSwiney G. 2024. Molecular and morphological data suggest a new species of big-eared bat (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus) endemic to northeastern Mexico . PLOS One 19(2): e0296275. Read article.
Valencia M., P., J.A. Baeza, I.L. López-Cuamatzi, and J. Ortega. 2024. Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of the Mexican endemic bats Corynorhinus mexicanus and Corynorhinus leonpaniaguae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Molecular Biology Reports 51(760): . Read abstract.
Corynorhinus mexicanus G. M. Allen, 1916.
Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 60: 347.
Mexican Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Lesson, 1827).
Manuel de Mammalogie p. 96.
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837).
Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. 4: 73.
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Specimens now assigned to leonpaniaguae were formerly attributed to mexicanus, from which they are both molecularly and morphologically distinct; see López-Cuamatzi et al. (2024) and Valencia M. et al. (2024).