Lesser false vampire bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
Lesser false vampire bat range | |
Synonyms | |
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.