title: Glischropus bucephalus
text: # Glischropus bucephalus
  
  Glischropus bucephalus, the Indochinese thick-thumbed bat, is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. The bat is found in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam north of the Isthmus of Kra.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Specimens of this species were formerly considered to be G. tylopus, but are now a distinct species, with G. tylopus restricted to the south of the Isthmus of Kra.
  
  ## Habitat and distribution
  
  The bat is found in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam north of the Isthmus of Kra.
  
  The bat is widespread and most probably roosts in bamboo forests.
  
  ## Conservation
  
  The species may be threatened by the destruction of bamboo forests.
  
  