Tylonycteris
Tylonycteris is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae or "vesper bat" family. The name translates as "padded bat", and refers to the presence of hairless fleshy pads on the hands and feet, which the bats use to help them grip onto bamboo.[1] They are also known as the bamboo bats.[2]
| Tylonycteris | |
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| Lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Tylonycteris Peters, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio pachypus | |
The species within this genus are:
- Tylonycteris fulvida
- Tylonycteris malayana
- Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
- Pygmy bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pygmaeus
- Greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris robustula
- Tonkin greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris tonkinensis
References
- Eguren, R.E. & McBee, K. (October 2014). "Tylonycteris pachypus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Mammalian Species. 46 (910): 33–39. doi:10.1644/910.
- Bamboo Bats - Tylonycteris spp. Ecology Asia.
- D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
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