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Megaderma (false vampire bats)

Synonyms: Eucheira; Spasma

Wikipedia Abstract

Megaderma is a genus of bat in the family Megadermatidae. It contains the following two species: \n* Lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) \n* Greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) 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.
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Species

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0