page_title: Megadermatidae
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Megadermatidae / Classification
caption_attribution_description: Ghost bat, Perth Zoo, Perth, Australia
context_page_description: Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a wide membrane between the hind legs, or uropatagium, but no tail. Many species are a drab brown in color, but some are white, bluish-grey or even olive-green, helping to camouflage them against their preferred roosting environments. They are primarily insectivorous, but will also eat a wide range of small vertebrates.
context_section_description: A list of extant species includes,
  Family Megadermatidae
  Genus Cardioderma
  Heart-nosed bat, Cardioderma cor
  Genus Lavia
  Yellow-winged bat, Lavia frons
  Genus Macroderma
  Ghost bat, Macroderma gigas
  Genus Megaderma
  Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma
  Greater false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra
  Genus Eudiscoderma
  Thongaree’s disc-nosed bat, Eudiscoderma thongareeae
caption: Macroderma gigas under artificial light at Perth Zoo, Australia
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