Macroderma Miller, 1906. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19: 84.
Megaderma gigas Dobson, 1880
References:
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19(1906): 83-86. Read article.
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1880: 461.
Australian False Vampire Bat
Megaderma gigas
gigas Dobson, 1880:
saturata Douglas, 1962.
Australia, Queensland, Wilson's River, Mt. Margaret
N and C Australia
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Vulnerable (2021).
References:
Dobson, G.E. 1880. On some new or rare species of Chiroptera in the collection of the Göttingen Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 461-465. Read article.
Hudson, W.S., and D.E. Wilson. 1986. Macroderma gigas. Mammalian Species 260: 1-4. Read abstract.
Jackson, S., and C. Groves. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Australia: 1-529. Read description.
Ottewell, K., S. McArthus, S. van Leeuwen, and M. Byrne 2017. Population genetics of the Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) in the Pilbara bioregion. Unpublished report prepared for Biologic Environmental Survey Ltd. Kensington, Western Australia 2017: 1-25. Read report.
See Hudson and Wilson (1986) ad Jackson and Groves (2015). Population genetics reviewed by Ottewell et al. (2017).