Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Alternative combination: Corynorhinus alleganiensis
Full reference: J. W. Gidley and C. L. Gazin. 1933. New Mammalia in the Pleistocene fauna from Cumberland Cave. Journal of Mammology 14(4):343-357
Belongs to Plecotus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Gidley and Gazin 1933
Sister taxa: Plecotus (Paraplecotus), Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus, Plecotus crassidens, Plecotus rafinesquii, Plecotus tetralophodon, Plecotus townsendii
Type specimen: USNM 12412, a partial skull (skull with incomplete dentition and lacking bullae and zygomatic arches). Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cumberland Cave
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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