Megaderma

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Megaderma
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Greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Megadermatidae
Genus: Megaderma
(E. Geoffroy, 1810)
Type species
Vespertilio spasma
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

2 recognized species.

Megaderma is a genus of bat in the family Megadermatidae. [1] It contains two living species:

Megaderma lyra has a larger wingspan than Megaderma spasma. Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia, India and Sri Lanka. The ranges of the two species overlap in the Malayan Peninsula, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and along the east coast of India.

The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) was included in Megaderma before reclassification in Macroderma . [2]

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References

  1. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. "Macroderma gigas Synonyms". Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved 24 November 2017.