Tylonycteris robustula Thomas, 1915

Greater bamboo bat

New record Lampung Province: Sukabanjar Forest.

New material

One bat was collected as a voucher specimen. Lampung Province: Sukabanjar Forest, 1♂ (MZB 35029).

Previous records from Sumatra

Listed for North Sumatra, but no locality records given; South Sumatra Province: Palembang (van Strien, 1996).

Remarks

One male and one female were caught with a mist net set near a small stream and bamboo stand in a disturbed forest at an elevation of 711 m a.s.l. T. robustula has been reported roosting in the hollow internodes of bamboo stems (Kingston et al., 2006). Our capture is the most southern locality of the species in Sumatra.