Tylonycteris pachypus [Temminck, 1840]

Vespertilio pachypus Temminck, 1840: 217; Bantam, west Java, INDONESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [82].

Tylonycteris pachypus [8].

Common English name: Lesser Bamboo Bat

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as T. pachypus are associated with two BINs, BOLD: AAC 1209 and BOLD: AAC 1210, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

Remarks: The BIN, BOLD:AAC1210 contains DNA barcodes recorded as T. pachypus and a single DNA barcode recorded as T. robustula (ABBSI217-10) (S9 Fig). We suspect the DNA barcode, ABBSI217-10 is a case of mis-identification as T. pachypus and T. robustula are differ in body size and coloration. Simmons [98] recognised five subspecies: T. p. pachypus (type locality: Java, Indonesia), T. p. aurex (type locality: India), T. p. fulvidus (type locality:

Burma = Myanmar), T. p. meyeri (type locality: Philippines) , and T. p. bhakti (type locality: Lombok Island, Indonesia).

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Pahang: Krau Wildlife Reserve [11, 41], Tasik Bera Forest Reserve [56];

Perak: Temengor Forest Reserve [46, 47], Royal Belum State Park [66]; Selangor: Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve [51], Ulu Gombak [52, 53, 54], Air Hitam Forest Reserve [55]; Kelantan: Air Panas-Gua Musang [61], Gunung Reng and Gua Musang [62], Gunung Stong State Park [67];

Johor: Labis Forest Reserve [100] .

T. pachypus roosts in small colonies in live standing bamboo stems, and enters the internodes through slits created by stem-boring beetle larvae [11, 14, 23].