Greater bamboo bat

The greater bamboo bat (Tylonycteris robustula) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Greater bamboo bat

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Tylonycteris
Species:
T. robustula
Binomial name
Tylonycteris robustula
Thomas, 1915

It has two subspecies:

  • Tylonycteris robustula malayana
  • Tylonycteris robustula robustula

References

  1. Tu, V.; Furey, N.; Görföl, T.; Csorba, G. (2020). "Tylonycteris robustula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22578A22086856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T22578A22086856.en. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  • China's Tiny Bats By Libiao Zhang in Volume 6, Number 9 - September 2008 issue of "Bat Conservation Times".


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