NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subgenus - Megaderma (Megaderma)
  Genus - Megaderma
  Family - Megadermatidae
  Superfamily - Rhinolophoidea
  Suborder - Yinpterochiroptera
  Order - Chiroptera
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma spasma
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma abditum
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma carimatae
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma celebensis
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma ceylonense
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma horsfieldii
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma kinabalu
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma lasiae
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma majus
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma medium
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma minus
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma naisense
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma natunae
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma pangandarana
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma philippinensis
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma siumatis
      Subspecies - Megaderma spasma trifolium