Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Megadermatidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 379-380 : 380

Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810

Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra E. Geoffroy 1810 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 190.

Type Locality: India, Madras.

Vernacular Names: Greater False Vampire Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. lyra E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Megaderma (Lyroderma) lyra subsp. sinensis K. Andersen and Wroughton 1907

Distribution: Afghanistan to S China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam; south to Sri Lanka and W Malaysia; Bangladesh.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Lyroderma . Reviewed in part by Bates et al. (1994) and Bates and Harrison (1997).