Lesser false vampire bat
Megaderma spasma
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyMegadermatidae (False Vampire Bats)
- GenusMegaderma
- SpeciesMegaderma spasma (Lesser false vampire bat)
The lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma) is a bat found in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Sri Lanka and India in the west to Indonesia and the Philippines in the east. They live in caves and tree hollows. They are insectivorous. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Khao Sok National Park
Diadem Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros diadema
lesser sheath-tailed bat
Emballonura monticola
Great Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros armiger
Large Flying Fox
Pteropus vampyrus
Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus affinis
Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis
Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat
Macroglossus sobrinus
Black-bearded Tomb Bat
Taphozous melanopogon
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesser false vampire bat at Khao Sok National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 5 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 6 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 7 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |