Megadermatidae

Megadermatidae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Recent
Megaderma spasma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Superfamily:	Rhinolophoidea
Family:	Megadermatidae H. Allen, 1864
Type genus
Megaderma Geoffroy, 1810
Genera
Cardioderma Lavia Macroderma Megaderma Eudiscoderma

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.^[1]