The bamboo bats are genus of
vesper bats
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...
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.
Ecology Asia.
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
*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
Bat genera
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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