| Megadermatidae | |
|---|---|
 Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Chiroptera |
| Family | Megadermatidae |
Megadermatidae or false vampire bats, is 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.
Genera[]
Genus: Cardioderma Heart-nosed Bat (Peters, 1872) (Cardioderma cor) Genus: Lavia Yellow-winged Bat (É. Geoffroy, 1810) (Lavia frons) Genus: Eudiscoderma Thongaree’s Disc-nosed Bat (Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015) (Eudiscoderma thongareeae) Genus: Macroderma Ghost Bat (Dobson, 1887) (Macroderma gigas) Genus: Megaderma Greater False Vampire Bat (É. Geoffroy, 1810) (Megaderma lyra) Lesser False Vampire Bat (Linnaeus, 1758) (Megaderma spasma)