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false vampirenounA large carnivorous bat that includes rodents, reptiles, and other small vertebrates among its prey:- An Old World bat (three species in the family Megadermatidae, including the large Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas). A tropical New World bat (Vampyrum spectrum, family Phyllostomidae)..
These ‘false vampires’ or yellow-winged bats are quite distinctive in appearance, with long, erect noseleaves (fleshy protrusion from the nose) and huge ears....- False Vampire Bats are found in lowland forests from Central America, south to Northern Bolivia and the Southern Amazon Basin.
- Australian false vampire bats typically roost in caves and abandoned mines.
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