Common Name
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Species Name
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Status
Vulnerable
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Distribution
Southeastern United States
Notes
TRIBE Plecotini; *Status is Vulnerable as Plecotus rafinesquii. Form small colonies in summer; smaller groups or solitary in winter. Hollow trees, behind bark, among leaves; found in areas without caves.
Ohio
This species may merely pass through southern Ohio.