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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Megaderma Australská
Common Names in Dutch:
Australische Spookvleermuis
Common Names in English:
Australian False Vampire Bat, Australian False Vampire;ghost Bat;australian Giant False Vampire Bat, Australian Ghost Bat, Australian Giant False Vampire
Description
Habitat
Ecology: Although it occurs in rainforest areas, the ghost bat is mainly found in the arid
zone near rock outcrops, and roosts in caves, mines, and rock clefts
. It mainly forages
within 1-2 km
of the roost site. Most of the prey
is large invertebrates
such as beetles, but it is also known to take small vertebrates
including other bats, birds, lizards, and snakes
. Fruit has also been recorded in the diet
. Most prey is taken to a feeding perch in trees
, rock overhangs, or cave entrances (Hutson et al. 2001).
Ghost bats move between a number of caves seasonally or as dictated by weather conditions. Thus they require a range
of cave sites (Hutson et al. 2001).[1]
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
7.1Caves and Subterranean
Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Bats
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yinochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Rhinolophoidea
()
- (Gray, 1825) Weber, 1928
- Family:
Megadermatidae
()
- H. Allen, 1864
- Genus:
Macroderma
()
- Miller, 1906
- Specific name:
Macroderma
- (Dobson, 1880)
- Scientific name: - Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880)
- Specific name:
Macroderma
- (Dobson, 1880)
- Genus:
Macroderma
(
- Family:
Megadermatidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhinolophoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yinochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Macroderma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. gigas (Australian False Vampire;ghost Bat;australian Giant False Vampire Bat) · M. spasma ceylonensis
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477372
- IUCN ID: 12590
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2084661
Footnotes
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
