Mammals of the WorldMalayan Greater Bamboo Bat
Tylonycteris malayana
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Tylonycteris
- IUCN status
- NE
- Distribution
- India|Andaman and Nicobar Islands|China?|Myanmar|Vietnam|Thailand|Laos|Cambodia|Malaysia|Singapore
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Malayan 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 (Wikipedia, general account of the bamboo bats).
The Malayan greater bamboo bat was split from another bamboo bat in a 2017 study. 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)