Lesser bamboo bat
| Lesser bamboo bat | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lesser bamboo bat, taxidermy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Tylonycteris |
| Species: | T. pachypus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tylonycteris pachypus (Temminck, 1840) | |
The lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines and other Southeast Asia countries.[1]
The bat, the size of a bumble bee, is among the smallest mammals on earth,[2] measuring about 40 millimetres (1.6 in) in length with a wingspan of 150 millimetres (5.9 in). It weighs 3.5 to 5.8g, or as little as 2.0g. A 4.8-gram T. pachypus has about a 0.08-g brain.
This species lives in the hollow of shoots of the giant bamboo Gigantochloa scortechinii; the entrance slit (created by the Chrysmelid beetle, Lasiochila goryi) to the bamboo tunnel is too restrictive for most predators, such as snakes. Flattened skull (to pass through entryway) and toe and wrist pads (to grip inner surface) are adaptations to their roosting site. Groups of up to 40.
Gestation 12 to 13 weeks. Usually two young; female carries young for first couple days, then leaves them behind in bamboo chamber. The young are weaned and become independent at six to seven weeks.
Subspecies are:
- Tylonycteris pachypus aurex
- Tylonycteris pachypus bhaktii
- Tylonycteris pachypus fulvidus
- Tylonycteris pachypus meyeri
- Tylonycteris pachypus pachypus
References
- 1 2 Bates, P., Francis, C., Rosell-Ambal, G., Heaney, L., Molur, S. & Srinivasulu, C. (2008). Tylonycteris pachypus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ Smithsonian Institution
 |
Wikispecies has information related to: Tylonycteris pachypus |
- "Lesser bamboo bat". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- ITIS
- Lesser bamboo bat at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Temminck (2008). "Tylonycteris pachypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Tylonycteris pachypus in Mammal Species of the World
- China's Tiny Bats By Libiao Zhang in Volume 6, Number 9 - September 2008 issue of "Bat Conservation Times".
- Mammals of China. AT Smith & Yan Xie, eds. 2013 Princeton
- Walker's Bats of the World. RM Nowak. 1994 Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- Heaney & Alcala (1986) Silliman J 33:117-123