Tylonycteris malayana

Chasen, 1940

Malayan Greater Bamboo Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Tylonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Chasen, F.N. 1940-04. A handlist of Malaysian mammals. Bulletin of Raffles Museum 15:1-209.

Authority publication link

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/15/15brmiii-209.pdf

Original name as described

Tylonycteris malayana

Other common names

Malayan Bamboo Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d16b915-b486-4071-a0fb-37d7adb45873

Type locality

"Jor, Batang Padang district, Perak, Malay States [= Malaysia]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · China? · Myanmar · Vietnam · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore

Taxonomy notes

split from T. robustula

Taxonomy notes citation

Tu, V. T., Csorba, G., Ruedi, M., Furey, N. M., Son, N. T., Thong, V. D., ... & Hassanin, A. (2017). Comparative phylogeography of bamboo bats of the genus Tylonycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy, 274, 1-38.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005778

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tylonycteris malayana

Chasen, 1940

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

malayana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1433

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d16b915-b486-4071-a0fb-37d7adb45873

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

T. r. malayana

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

malayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Tylonycteris malayana eremtaga

C. Srinivasulu, A. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu, & G. Jones, 2018

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

eremtaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHMOU.CHI.151.2015

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11211

Authority publication

Journal of Threatened Taxa

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Tylonycteris malayana malayana

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

malayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

787

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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