Megaderma

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Noun1.Megaderma - type genus of the MegadermatidaeMegaderma - type genus of the Megadermatidae  
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Megadermatidae, Megadermatidae - Old World false vampire bats
big-eared bat, Megaderma lyra - large carnivorous Old World bat with very large ears
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False Vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) was captured only from Rawalpindi district (n=06; 4 a, 2 a) and similarly Greater Mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) was captured (n=11; 4 a, 7 a) only from Islamabad Capital Territory area.
lekagull Hipposideridae 158 (0) Megaderma lyra Megadermatidae 1 (0) Miniopterus magnate Vespertilionidae 132 (0) M.
Body contacts among the social groups in the False Vampire bat, Megaderma lyra, suggests individualized relationships.
Examples include one megachiropteran (Indian false vampire bat, Megaderma lyra (Subbaraj and Balasingh 1996)), andthree microchiropterans (Jamaican fruit-eating bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, (Morrison 1978)); pond bat, Myotis dasycneme (Voute et al.
###Megadermatidae###Indian false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra)###14###LC
bats, and phylogroups IV and V were detected in Megaderma spp.
The false vampire bat, or Megaderma lyra, uses distinctive social calls that sound like songs when recorded and played back at a slower speed, to attract female mates while the sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata, uses songs to mark out its territory.
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