Tylonycteris robustula

O. Thomas, 1915

Sumatran 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1915-02-01. On bats of the genera Nyctalus, Tylonycteris, and Pipistrellus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15(86):225-232.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255797

Original name as described

Tylonycteris robustula

Other common names

Greater Bamboo Bat · Greater Flat-headed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.18.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d95c814-4421-4330-b343-953ab9c5ee40

Type locality

"Upper Sarawak, Borneo," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Philippines · Malaysia · Brunei · Indonesia · East Timor

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. malayana

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005781

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 robustula

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

robustula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.18.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d95c814-4421-4330-b343-953ab9c5ee40

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255797

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:204, 205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22578/22086856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tylonycteris robustula robustula

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

robustula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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