Megaderma spasma

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Lesser Asian False-vampire

Front view. Megaderma spasma philippinense. Also as Common Asian Ghost Bat|Lesser False Vampire|Malayan False-vampire.
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Location:Philippines, NegrosDate taken:Jan 1, 1983

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 877

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033824

Original name as described

Vespertilio Spasma

Other common names

Common Asian Ghost Bat · Lesser False Vampire · Malayan False-vampire

Type locality

Ternate, Molucca Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004650

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.

Total: 36 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Spasma

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

spasma

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033824

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946243) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Wolf (1796:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  8. Cuvier (1797:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  9. Shaw (1800:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  10. Turton (1802:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Gray (1821:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

Pteropus Spasma

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

spasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872932

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Phyllostoma spasma

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

spasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Muirhead (1819:409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Megaderma spasma

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

spasma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195, 198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546888 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546891

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:195, 198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546888, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  3. Fischer (1814:xx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Wiedemann (1818:147, 149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  5. Desmarest (1821:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  6. Schinz (1821:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Lesson (1827:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Fischer (1829:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  10. Smith (1842:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  11. Blyth (1852:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  12. Blyth (1863:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  13. Jerdon (1867:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  14. Peters (1868:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67624)
  15. Blyth (1875:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38674985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  16. Elera (1895:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  17. Seabra (1900:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)
  18. Trouessart (1904:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  19. Andersen & Wroughton (1907:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16850)
  20. Miller (1907:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)
  21. Lyon (1908:666, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17209)
  22. Lyon (1911:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  23. Hollister (1912:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
  24. Wroughton (1921:546, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
  25. Phillips (1924:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67766)
  26. Phillips (1929:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  27. Sody (1936:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68504)
  28. Lawrence (1939:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
  29. Chasen (1940:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  30. Shamel (1940:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11512)
  31. Tate (1941:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2120)
  32. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  33. Sanborn (1952:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  34. Sanborn (1952:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
  35. Laurie & Hill (1954:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  36. Davis (1962:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  37. Medway (1965:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
  38. Corbet & Hill (1980:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  39. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:135, 136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  40. Corbet & Hill (1991:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  41. Koopman (1993:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  42. Koopman (1994:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  43. Bates & Harrison (1997:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  44. Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre (2002:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69924)
  45. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  46. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  47. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  48. Ziegler, Howarth & Simmons (2016:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57669195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/28959)
  49. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  50. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  51. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  52. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  53. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12939/22022345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Megaderma trifolium

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

trifolium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1997-1801 (= MNHN:type:176) (= MNHN "927")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1997-1801

Authority page

193, 197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546886 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546890

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:193, 197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546886, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34792)
  3. Wiedemann (1818:146, 149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282555, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  4. Ranzani (1820:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  5. Desmarest (1821:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  6. Schinz (1821:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Lesson (1827:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Gray (1838:490, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  9. Lesson (1842:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  10. Giebel (1855:980, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  11. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  12. Miller (1907:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)

Megaderma Philippinensis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1843

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

philippinense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680047

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Giebel (1855:980, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Megaderma Horsfieldi

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

horsfieldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15601, ZSI 15602

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534717

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Megaderma Philippensis

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

philippensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Megaderma Horsfieldii

Jerdon, 1867

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299648

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

Jerdon (1867:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299648) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Megaderma carimatae

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Megadermatidae

Root name

carimatae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125185

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/334b688f4-6c4e-4263-93c6-fb31b4c15691

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7737091

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Andersen & Wroughton (1907:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16850)
  2. Miller (1907:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51112303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15503)

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