Tylonycteris tonkinensis

Vuong Tan Tu, Csorba, Ruedi, Furey, Nguyen Truong Son, Vu Dinh Thong, Bonillo, & Hassanin, 2017

Tonkin 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

Tu, V.T., Csorba, G., Ruedi, M., Furey, N.M., Son, N.T., Thong, V.D., Bonillo, C. and Hassanin, A. 2017-02-09. Comparative phylogeography of bamboo bats of the genus Tylonycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 274:1-38.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.274

Original name as described

Tylonycteris tonkinensis

Other common names

Tonkin Bamboo Bat

Type material

IEBR-VN11-0055

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"VIETNAM: Copia Nature Reserve, Co Ma commune, Thuan Chau District, Son La Province, 21°21.727' N, 103°30.562' E, 1286 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Vietnam · Laos · Myanmar?

Taxonomy notes

recently described

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

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