Megadermatidae

Megaderma spasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Megadermatidae
Genera (6 + †1): Cardioderma – Eudiscoderma – Lavia – Lyroderma – Macroderma – Megaderma – †Saharaderma

Name

Megadermatidae Blyth, 1863

Synonymy

• Megadermatinae Blyth, 1863: 22
• Megadermatidae H. Allen, 1864: 1
• Megadermina Gray, 1866: 83
• Megadermidae Gill, 1872: 17
• Megaderminae Dobson, 1875: 347
• Megadermatini Winge, 1893: 24

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1863. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic Society. Savielle & Cranenburgh: Calcutta. 187 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–241 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
• Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Kaňuch, P., Aghová, T., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R. & Bryja, J. 2015. New discoveries on the ecology and echolocation of the heart-nosed bat Cardioderma cor with a contribution to the phylogeny of Megadermatidae. African Zoology 50(1): 53–57. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2015.1021711 Reference page. 
• Soisook, P., Prajakjitr, A., Karapan, S., Francis, C.M. & Bates, P.J.J. 2015. A new genus and species of false vampire (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) from peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa 3931(4): 528–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.4. Reference page. 
• Francis, C.M. 2019. Family Megadermatidae (False Vampire Bats). Pp. 182–193 in Wilson, D.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-16728-19-0 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Großblattnasen
• English: False Vampire Bats
• ไทย: ค้างคาวแวมไพร์แปลง

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