Mammals of the WorldIndomalayan Lesser Bamboo Bat
Tylonycteris fulvida
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Tylonycteris
- IUCN status
- NE
- Distribution
- India|Bangladesh|China|Myanmar|Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Thailand|Vietnam|Laos|Cambodia|Malaysia|Singapore
- Realm
- Indomalaya|Palearctic
Other names: Amber Bamboo Bat
About this species
- Habitat
- Roosts within bamboo shoots
The bamboo bats are a genus of vesper bats, Tylonycteris, whose name means padded bat. It refers to the hairless, fleshy pads on the hands and feet that the bats use to grip bamboo, and the species in the genus roost within bamboo shoots. The Indomalayan lesser bamboo bat was recognised as a full species, rather than a subspecies of another bamboo bat, in a 2014 study (Wikipedia, general account of the bamboo bats).
The cached account is about the genus as a whole and gives nothing on this species' appearance, range, diet or breeding, or on where it occurs in India, so this entry is limited to what is known of the genus (Wikipedia, general account of the bamboo bats).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)