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