| Lesser false vampire bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Megadermatidae |
| Genus: | Megaderma |
| Species: | M. spasma
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaderma spasma | |
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| Lesser false vampire bat range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vespertilio spasma Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) is a bat found in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Sri Lanka and India in the west to Indonesia and the Philippines in the east. They live in caves and tree hollows. They are insectivorous.
- ^ Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C.; Phelps, K. (2019). "Megaderma spasma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12939A22022345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T12939A22022345.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Linnæus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 32. Retrieved 22 November 2012.