Bamboo bat
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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]
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Bamboo bat | |
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Lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) | |
Scientific 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 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