Macroderma gigas (Dobson 1880)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 379-380 : 379

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11323281
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scientific name	Macroderma gigas (Dobson 1880)
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Macroderma gigas (Dobson 1880) View in CoL

[Megaderma] gigas Dobson 1880 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880: 461.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Wilson's River, Mt. Margaret.

Vernacular Names: Australian False Vampire Bat.

Synonyms: Macroderma saturata Douglas 1962 .

Distribution: N and C Australia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.

Discussion: See Hudson and Wilson (1986).

References

Abbreviations

SSC	Sacramento State University

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Megadermatidae
Genus	Macroderma

Macroderma gigas (Dobson 1880)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

[Megaderma] gigas

Dobson 1880: 461

1880

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