Evolution and Systematics
Functional Adaptations
Functional adaptation
The nose leaf of false vampire bats may be used in echolocation, though its role is not well understood.
"[The false vampire bat's] prominent nose leaf, a fold of skin standing up over its nose, is also involved in direction-finding, but its role is not understood." (Foy and Oxford Scientific Films 1982:171)
Learn more about this functional adaptation.
- Foy, Sally; Oxford Scientific Films. 1982. The Grand Design: Form and Colour in Animals. Lingfield, Surrey, U.K.: BLA Publishing Limited for J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, Aldine House, London. 238 p.
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Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 47 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 23 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 20 |
| Public Records: | 9 |
| Species: | 3 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 3 |
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Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Megaderma cf. spasma
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Megaderma
Megaderma is a genus of bat in the Megadermatidae family. It contains the following two species:
Megaderma lyra has a larger wingspan than Megaderma spasma. Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia, India and Sri Lanka The ranges of the two species overlap in the Malayan Peninsula, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and along the east coast of India.
References
- D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
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