Tylonycteris robustula Thomas 1915
Creators: name: Voon-Ching Lim
name: Rosli Ramli
name: Bhassu, Subha
name: John-James Wilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Tylonycteris
Tylonycteris robustula

description: <i>Tylonycteris robustula</i> Thomas, 1915 <i>Tylonycteris robustula</i> Thomas, 1915: 227; Upper Sarawak, Borneo, MALAYSIA (Cecil J. Brooks, collector; BM(NH) 1911.1.18.8) [211]. <i>Tylonycteris malayana</i> Chasen, 1940: 52; Jor, Batang Padang Dist., Perak, MALAYSIA (Frederick N. Chasen, collector; BM(NH) 47.1433) [8]. <i>Tylonycteris robustula malayana</i> [98]. <b>Common English name:</b> Greater Bamboo Bat <b>Barcode Index Number:</b> DNA barcodes recorded as <i>T</i>. <i>robustula</i> are associated with three BINs, BOLD:AAB3205, BOLD:AAB3206 and BOLD: AAC 1210, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia (S9 Fig). <b>IUCN status:</b> Least Concern <b>Remarks:</b> The BIN, BOLD:AAC1210 contains a single DNA barcode of <i>T</i>. <i>robustula</i> (ABBSI217-10) and seven DNA barcodes of <i>T</i>. <i>pachypus</i>. We suspect the DNA barcode, ABBSI217-10 is a case of mis-identification as <i>T</i>. <i>pachypus</i> and <i>T</i>. <i>robustula</i> are differ in body size and coloration. Simmons [98] recognised two subspecies under <i>T</i>. <i>robustula</i>: <i>T</i>. <i>r</i>. <i>robustula</i> (type locality: Borneo) and <i>T</i>. <i>r</i>. <i>malayana</i> (type locality: Peninsular Malaysia). <b>Recorded at: Pahang</b>: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11, 41], Tasik Chini [43], Tasik Bera Forest Reserve and Fraser Hill Forest Reserve [56]; <b>Selangor</b>: Ulu Gombak [23, 52, 53, 54], Bukit Lanjan [40], Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [55], Semangkok Forest Reserve [101]; <b>Perak</b>: Temengor Forest Reserve [46, 47], Royal Belum State Park [66]; <b>Kedah</b>: Ulu Muda Forest Reserve [57]; <b>Kelantan</b>: Gunung Reng [62], Gunung Stong State Park, [67]. <i>T</i>. <i>robustula</i> roosts in internodes of large, often dead bamboo stems by entering the internodes through slits made by chrysomelid beetles and has been reported roosting in small harem groups, with one adult male and up to six females in one group [11, 14, 23]. Solitary males have also been reported [23].
description: Published as part of <i>Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu &amp; John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, pp. 1-65 in PLoS ONE 12 (7)</i> on page 51, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555, http://zenodo.org/record/4251352
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