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False Vampire Bats and Yellow-winged Bats (Megadermatidae) | |
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| Macroderma [5] | ||
| Lavia [1] |
| Megaderma [2] |
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Megadermatidae Family
Megadermatids are medium-sized to large bats with a head and body length of 6.5 to 14.0 cm. These "false vampires" or yellow-winged bats look comical with their long erect noseleaf (fleshy protrusion from the nose) and huge ears. [eng] |
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xrefer - false vampire bat
A bat once erroneously thought to feed on blood, like true vampire bats. A better name for members of the family Megadermatidae is yellow-winged bats. [eng] |
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False Vampire Bats and Yellow-winged Bats
This family of four Recent genera and five species occurs in Africa, south-central and southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. [eng] |
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Megadermatidae
Phylogeny. [eng] |
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