Megadermatidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 182 192 book chapter 3254 10.5281/zenodo.5734707 2ed60bf6-0a50-43a2-a58c-2ee21f012420 978-84-16728-19-0 5734707 Family MEGADERMATIDAE (FALSE-VAMPIRES) • Medium to large bats, with long earsjoined above the forehead, large forked tragus, well-developed erect noseleaf, broad wings, large uropatagium, and no external tail. • 5-13 cm . • Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, Australasian, and marginally Palearctic Regions. • Tropical and subtropical rainforests, dry forests, and savannas. • 6 genera, 6 species, 25 taxa. • 1 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.