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Bamboo bat
Lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Genus: Tylonycteris
Peters, 1872
Type species
Vespertilio pachypus
Temminck, 1840
Species

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The bamboo bats are 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:

References

  1. ^ Eguren, R.E. & McBee, K. (October 2014). "Tylonycteris pachypus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Mammalian Species (910): 33–39. doi:10.1644/910.
  2. ^ 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