Macroderma gigas

(Dobson, 1880)

Ghost False-vampire

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Rhinolophoidea
Family : Megadermatidae
Genus : Macroderma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1880-10. On some new or rare species of Chiroptera in the collection of the Göttingen Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880(3):461-465.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522645

Original name as described

Megaderma gigas

Other common names

Australian False-vampire · Ghost Bat

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1978.525

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mount Margaret, Wilson's River, Central Queensland, Australia."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004649

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Megaderma gigas

(Dobson, 1880)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1978.525

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

461

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522645

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Macroderma gigas

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348064

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1906:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15504)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12590/209530568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macroderma gigas saturata

A. M. Douglas, 1962

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

saturatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

59, 60

Authority publication

Australian Naturalist

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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