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Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810
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Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810
Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 190.
Type Locality: India, Madras.
Vernacular Names: Greater False Vampire Bat.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. lyra E. Geoffroy 1810
Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. sinensis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907
Distribution: Afghanistan to S China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam; south to Sri Lanka and W Malaysia; Bangladesh.
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Lyroderma. Reviewed in part by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae, pp. 379-380 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 380, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/019486BB4A8A36D2A7D0F191815C9EE6 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F08191542FBD81DABA1FADC0997AA57F (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231518788 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- E. Geoffroy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Megadermatidae
- Genus
- Megaderma
- Species
- lyra
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra Geoffroy, 1810 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Bates, P. J. J., D. L. Harrison, and M. Mundi. 1994. The bats of western India revisited. Part 2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 91: 224 - 240.