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Megadermatidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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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Genus

Cardioderma (heart-nosed bat) (3)
Eudiscoderma (1)   (1)
Lavia (yellow-winged bat) (1)
Lyroderma (1)
Macroderma (Australian false vampire bat and ghost bat) (3)
Megaderma (false vampire bats) (7)
Necromantis (2)
Saharaderma (1)

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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