Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma
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Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma (Linnaeus 1758)
[Vespertilio] spasma Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 32 (based on Seba, 1734, Locupletissimi rerum naturalium ... p. 90).
Type Locality: Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Ternate.
Vernacular Names: Lesser False Vampire Bat.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. spasma Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. abditum Chasen 1940
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. carimatae Miller 1906
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. celebensis Shamel 1940
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. ceylonense K. Andersen 1918
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. horsfieldii Blyth 1863
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. kinabalu Chasen 1940
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. lasiae Lyon 1916
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. majus K. Andersen 1918
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. medium K. Andersen 1918
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. minus K. Andersen 1918
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. naisense Lyon 1916
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. natunae K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. pangandarana Sody 1936
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. philippinensis Waterhouse 1843
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. siumatis Lyon 1916
Subspecies Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma subsp. trifolium Geoffroy 1810
Distribution: Sri Lanka and India through SE Asia (including Vietnam) to Lesser Sundas, the Philippines and Molucca Isls, various adjacent islands.
Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Megaderma. See Bergmans and van Bree (1986) for discussion of subspecies limits in the Indonesian region. Boundaries of some subspecies are unclear. Reviewed in part by Hill (1983) and Bates and Harrison (1997); also see Flannery (1995 b).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Megadermatidae
- Genus
- Megaderma
- Species
- spasma
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megaderma (Megaderma) spasma (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Seba, A. 1734. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, eti conibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physices historiam opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit, ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit, et depingendum curavit. Apud. J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith, & Janssonio-Waesbergios, Amstelaedami, 1: 1 - 78 + 38 (unnumbered), 111 pls.
- Chasen, F. N. 1940. A handlist of Malaysian mammals: A systematic list of the mammals of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, including the adjacent small islands. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 15: 1 - 209.
- Miller, G. S., Jr. 1906. The nomenclature of the flying lemurs. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 19: 41.
- Bergmans, W., and P. J. H. van Bree. 1986. On a collection of bats and rats from the Kangean Islands, Indonesia (Mammalia: Chiroptera and Rodentia). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 51: 329 - 344.
- Hill, J. E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 43: 103 - 208.