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Megaderma spasma (lesser false vampire bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae

Taxonomy
Vespertilio spasma was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Megaderma spasma by Thomas (1911).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Vespertilio spasma Linnaeus p. 32
1911Megaderma spasma Thomas p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyRhinolophoidea
familyMegadermatidaeAllen 1864
genusMegadermaGeoffroy 1810
speciesspasma()

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.

Megaderma spasma Linnaeus 1758 [lesser false vampire bat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available