Tylonycteris robustula

O. Thomas, 1915

Sumatran Greater Bamboo Bat

Photographed in a portable flight studio at capture location. Also as Greater Bamboo Bat, Greater Flat-headed Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah state, Kinabalu parkDate taken:7 February 2024Description:Photographed in a portable flight studio at capture location. Also as Greater Bamboo Bat, Greater Flat-headed Bat.

Distribution :

Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, and Ambon Isl (Moluccas).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7335

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yangochiroptera
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

Australasia · Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Brunei · East Timor · Indonesia · Malaysia · Philippines

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., Bonillo, C. and Hassanin, A. 2017. Comparative phylogeography of bamboo bats of the genus Tylonycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 274:1-38. doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.274

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

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

Original type locality

Upper Sarawak, Borneo

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

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

Gyldenstolpe (1916:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
Allen (1938:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12466692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6006)
Chasen (1940:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Shamel (1942:325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1493)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Laurie & Hill (1954:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Davis (1962:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:204, 205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Kitchener & Foley (1985:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53128788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1590)
Corbet & Hill (1991:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Bates & Harrison (1997:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
Kofron (2002:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:290, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Smith & Xie (2008:370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22578/22086856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

T. r. robustula:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

robustula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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