Pygmy bamboo bat
| Pygmy bamboo bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Tylonycteris |
| Species: | T. pygmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylonycteris pygmaea Feng, Li e Wang, 2008[2]
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The pygmy bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pygmaea) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Southwest China[3] and was discovered in 2007.[4] The species is around 4 cm (1.6 in) long and weighs between 2.6 and 3.5 g (0.092 and 0.12 oz).[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, W.; Wu, Y. (2020). "Tylonycteris pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T85342580A85342583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T85342580A85342583.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Feng, Q.; Li, S.; Wang, Y. (2008). "A new species of bamboo bat (Chiroptera:Vespertilionidae: Tylonycteris) from southwestern China". Zoological Science 25 (2): 225-234.
- ^ "Batcon.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Magazine of the American Bamboo Society, October 2012, page 9
- ^ Libiao Zhang (September 2008). "China's Tiny Bats". E-newsletter. 6 (9). Bat Conservation International: 1. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
Further reading
[edit]- Feng, Qing, Song Li, Yingxiang Wang, New Species of Bamboo Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Tylonycteris) from Southwestern China. Zoological Science 25(2): 225–234. 2008. Zoological Society of Japan. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.225
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