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Megadermatidae

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Chiroptera

Higher classification
  
Microbat

Phylum
  
Chordata

Scientific name
  
Megadermatidae

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Greater false vampire b, Ghost bat, Lesser false vampire b

Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a wide membrane between the hind legs, or uropatagium, but no tail. Many species are a drab brown in color, but some are white, bluish-grey or even olive-green, helping to camouflage them against their preferred roosting environments. They are primarily insectivorous, but will also eat a wide range of small vertebrates.

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Classification

FAMILY MEGADERMATIDAE

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  • Genus Cardioderma
  • Heart-nosed bat, Cardioderma cor
  • Genus Lavia
  • Yellow-winged bat, Lavia frons
  • Genus Macroderma
  • Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas
  • Genus Megaderma
  • Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma
  • Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra
  • Genus Eudiscoderma
  • Thongaree’s disc-nosed bat, E. thongareeae

  • Megadermatidae Species New to Science Mammalogy 2015 Eudiscoderma thongareeae

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    References

    Megadermatidae Wikipedia