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Megadermatidae is a relatively old family, appearing in the fossil record as early as 37 million years ago. [6] Several fossil species have been described, including: [8] Macroderma koppa Hand, Dawson & Augee, 1988. [9] a fossil species that existed in the Pliocene epoch. [10] Macroderma godthelpi, Hand, 1985. the earliest and smallest species
Foraging behavior of the Indian false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae). Biotropica 23(1) 63-67. Ratcliffe, J. M., et al. (2005). Hunting in unfamiliar space: echolocation in the Indian false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, when gleaning prey. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 58, 157-64.
Megaderma spasma is classified in the order Chiroptera, family Megadermatidae, which comprises four genera and five species. [6] [4] [5] [3] [7] It is most closely related to the greater false vampire bat, the only other species in the genus Megaderma. The type locality for the species was in Indonesia, the Maluku Islands, and at Ternate. [7]
Megaderma is a genus of bat in the family Megadermatidae. [1] It contains two living species: Lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) 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 yellow-winged bat is a monogamous species. Males and females form pairs during the breeding season and establish their own foraging territories. [9] They are no more than 1m apart when roosting together.
The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat, great spectral bat, American false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is a large, carnivorous leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
The Yinpterochiroptera (or Pteropodiformes) is a suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes taxa formerly known as megabats and five of the microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Craseonycteridae, and Megadermatidae. This suborder is primarily based on molecular genetics data.
Macroderma koppa is a species of bat known from fossil material found in Australia, one of the larger carnivorous megadermatid family of the order Chiroptera.They resembled the modern species Macroderma gigas, known as a false vampire or ghost bat, and also preyed on vertebrates such as small mammals, reptiles and bird, and amphibian species, whose butchered remains were found beneath their ...