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Megadermatidae (false vampire)
Taxonomy
Megadermatidae was named by Allen (1864). It is extant.
It was assigned to Chiroptera by Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Dawson et al. (1999) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Rhinolophoidea by Carroll (1988) and Amador et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Chiroptera by Butler (1984), Nowak (1991), Dawson et al. (1999) and Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Rhinolophoidea by Carroll (1988) and Amador et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Megadermatidae Allen |
| 1984 | Megadermatidae Butler |
| 1988 | Megadermatidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Megadermatidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Megadermatidae Dawson et al. p. 283 |
| 2005 | Megadermatidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2018 | Megadermatidae Amador et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Megadermatidae Allen 1864 [false vampire]
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G. Cardioderma Peters 1873 [Heart-nosed bat]
G. Megaderma Geoffroy 1810
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†Megaderma brailloni Sigé 1968
†Megaderma franconica Ziegler 1993
†Megaderma lopezae Sevilla 1990
†Megaderma lugdunensis Depéret 1892
Megaderma spasma Linnaeus 1758 [lesser false vampire bat]
†Megaderma vireti Mein 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available