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has fur pale grey to grey-brown in colour. Its noseleaf has long dorsal lobe with stiffened central ridge and broad convex flaps on the sides. Its ears are very large, joined at the base and it has no visible tail. Its echolocation pulses are short, low in density and broadband and its large ears are
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The lesser false vampire bat has yellowish veins through the wing, and when the wings are spread with light behind, they are given a prominent yellow/orange tinge. Their body colour ranges from grey-brown to blue-brown. Lesser false vampire bats live in rock
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626:"Observations • iNaturalist"
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1244:Least concern biota of Asia
852:Greater false vampire bat (
593:Mammal Species of the World
511:Bats: Biology and Behaviour
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353:collected and kept at
1184:Mammals of Bangladesh
1126:Paleobiology Database
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1229:Mammals of Sri Lanka
1224:Mammals of Singapore
650:Animal Diversity Web
610:Kooi, K. M. (1995).
384:Ecology and Behavior
1234:Mammals of Thailand
1204:Mammals of Cambodia
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575:. pp. 206–224.
553:. pp. 326–327.
378:Indian Subcontinent
225:Linnaeus, 1758
40:Conservation status
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1199:Mammals of Myanmar
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