Australian false vampire bat or ghost bat

Australian false vampire bat or ghost bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Megadermatidae
Species : Macroderma gigas

The Australian false vampire bat, ghost bat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Australian false vampire bat or ghost bat

The Australian ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) is one of the largest of all microbats. (Full text)

The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) is an ideal animal in which to study timing and test the theory, since it can guide itself using either echolocation or vision. (Full text)

The Ghost bat is quite large in size, it is 100 -130mm long and had a forearm length of 102-112mm. (Full text)

The Ghost Bat is very shy and nocturnal so it stays in its caves most of the time. (Full text)

The Ghost Bat or (Macroderma gigas) is a threatened species. (Full text)

This Australian ghost-faced bat (Macroderma gigas) is a carnivore that uses its huge ears to detect the footsteps of mice and other small animals upon which it feeds. (Full text)

For frequencies below 20 kHz, the acoustic axis (as defined from the directionality of the pinna and noseleaf) of Macroderma gigas is aligned with the visual axis (defined by areas of highest ganglion cell density), indicating that auditory cues help the bats to visually detect the source of the sound (Pettigrew 1988). (Full text)

Macroderma gigas is not only a species of great interest, belonging to a monotypic genus which is endemic to Australia (Douglas, 1962, 1967) but has recently been added to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature list of endangered species (I. (Full text)

The Ghost bat is the only Australian member of a small family that is otherwise widespread in Africa and Asia. (Full text)

The Australian giant false vampire bat, also known as the ghost bat, is larger, weighing between 70 to 130 grams (2 ½ to 4 ½ ounces). (Full text)

The Ghost BatThe ghost bat is present in Northern Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. (Full text)

Ghost bats are tropical, but only one, also called the Australian giant false vampire bat (Macroderma gigas), is found outside Central and South America. (Full text)

The ghost bat is one of the few bats that roost singly. (Full text)

Heideman) The common Asian ghost bat is one of 48 species of insect-eating bats in the Philippines but is the only one that also eats frogs and lizards. (Full text)

The ghost bat is Australia's only carnivorous bat species. (Full text)

The Ghost Bat is carnivorous (Full text)

The Ghost Bat is one of several species of bats in the world that is in danger and could become extinct if we do not do something to conserve them. (Full text)