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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880)
  • AFD
Published in:ABRS 2001, "Census of Australian Vertebrates"
Synonym Source
Macroderma gigas saturata Douglas, 1962 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Douglas, A.M. 1962, "Macroderma gigas saturata (Chiroptera, Megadermatidae) a new subspecies from the Kimberley Division of Western Australia", Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 8, 59-61 p60
Megaderma gigas Dobson, 1880 synonym
  • AFD
Published in: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, vol. 1880, 461-465 pl. 46 p461
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Babil-Kan, Babitj
Common Name Source
Ghost Bat Australia Australia
  • AFD
Ghost Bat Australia Australia
Name Source
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1ff77002-fe5b-4a94-bb2c-b71d371fc29d Scientific Name current
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7993d9b8-c777-41fc-984c-a1fda2c8878f Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7993d9b8-c777-41fc-984c-a1fda2c8878f Taxon current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:7993d9b8-c777-41fc-984c-a1fda2c8878f Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7993d9b8-c777-41fc-984c-a1fda2c8878f Taxon Concept current
  • AFD

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
CHIROPTERA
suborder
YINPTEROCHIROPTERA
superfamily
RHINOLOPHOIDEA
family
MEGADERMATIDAE
genus
Macroderma
species
Macroderma gigas
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