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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880)
Published in:Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988, pp. x 274, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra
Synonym Source
Megaderma gigas Dobson, 1880 synonym
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, pp. 461-465 pl. 46
Macroderma gigas saturata Douglas, 1962 synonym
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, pp. 59-61
Common Name Source
Ghost Bat
Name Source
Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880) accepted
Macroderma gigas inferred accepted

Unranked taxon assigned rank species by inference

Scientific name reallocated to Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880) by taxonomy builder
Identifier Source
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:63bc796a-5a85-45bc-b4bc-edecc931cc50 Taxon Concept current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.name:314421 Scientific Name current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:63bc796a-5a85-45bc-b4bc-edecc931cc50 Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:cfde8627-a67c-451d-8835-ac65f6d16ac6 Previous AFD LSID lsid replaced
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a7b69905-7163-4017-a2a2-e92ce5dffb84 Previous AFD LSID lsid replaced
ALA_Macroderma_gigas Taxon current
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4bc1e90c-a07b-44a2-bae0-1237e737425f Previous AFD LSID lsid replaced

Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
CHIROPTERA
suborder
MICROCHIROPTERA
family
MEGADERMATIDAE
genus
Macroderma
species
Macroderma gigas
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