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Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1880 p.461

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Megadermatidae
genus
Macroderma
species
Macroderma gigas

Name

Synonyms
Macroderma saturata Douglas, 1962
Megaderma gigas Dobson, 1880
Homonyms
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880)
Common names
Australian False Vampire Bat in English
Australian False Vampire Bat in English
Australian False Vampire Bat in English
Australian False Vampire Bat in English
Australian False Vampire Bat in English
Australische Gespenstfledermaus in German
Australische Spookvleermuis in Dutch
Chauve-souris fantôme in French
Ghost Bat in English
Ghost Bat in English
Ghost Bat in language.
Ghost Bat in English
Ghost False-vampire in English
Ghost False-vampire in English
Ghost False-vampire in English
Pipistrello fantasma in Italian
Spøkelsesflaggermus in Norwegian Bokmål
Stor Lyreflaggermus in Norwegian Bokmål
australianvalevampyyri in Finnish
dusznik australijski in Polish
megaderma australská in Czech
Австралийский ложный вампир in Russian
オーストラリアオオアラコウモリ in Japanese
Ghost Bat in English
Australian False Vampire Bat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529.
  2. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2019: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats. 1008.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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