Members of this group were previously in the genus Plecotus, the long-eared bats, and were also then called lump-nosed bats.

Populations of these species are generally uncommon and declining.

Two subspecies, the Virginia big-eared bat (C. t. virginianus) and the Ozark big-eared bat (C. t. ingens) are federally endangered.

Corynorhinus species are: Corynorhinus is one of the track listing names in the Batman Begins soundtrack by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer.

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