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Tylonycteris malayana
Habitat
Roosts within bamboo shoots
The bamboo bats are a genus of vesper bats, Tylonycteris, whose name means padded bat. It refers to the hairless, fleshy pads on the hands and feet that the bats use to grip bamboo, and the species in the genus roost within bamboo shoots. The Malayan greater bamboo bat was split from another bamboo bat in a 2017 study. The sources consulted are about the genus as a whole and give nothing on this species' appearance, diet or breeding (Wikipedia, general account of the bamboo bats).