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Genus of bats
The bamboo bats are a genus of vesper bats in the genus Tylonycteris. 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][2]
The species within this genus are:
- Blyth's bamboo bat, Tylonycteris fulvida
- Malayan bamboo bat, Tylonycteris malayana
- Lesser bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pachypus
- Pygmy bamboo bat, Tylonycteris pygmaeus
- Greater bamboo bat, Tylonycteris robustula
- Tonkin bamboo bat, Tylonycteris tonkinensis
References
- ^ Eguren, R.E. & McBee, K. (October 2014). "Tylonycteris pachypus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Mammalian Species (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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