Megadermatidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhinolophoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea

Familia: Megadermatidae
Genera: 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