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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Megadermatidae
--> GENUS Megaderma
--> SUBGENUS Lyroderma
SPECIES Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra
| Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1810. | | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 190. | | Common Name: | Greater False Vampire Bat | | Type Locality: | India, Madras. | | Distribution: | Afghanistan to S China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam; south to Sri Lanka and W Malaysia; Bangladesh. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Lyroderma. Reviewed in part by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997). |
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