false vampire bat meaning

Noun: false vampire bat

Any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects
- false vampire

Derived forms: false vampire bats

Type of: leafnose bat, leaf-nosed bat

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Predatory bats such as the greater false vampire bat are known to prey on barn swallows.
Unlike other false vampire bats, the yellow-winged bat feeds only on insects and not small vertebrates.
:Second thought : a False Vampire Bat may be a better carnivore template ( compared to a noctule ).
The lesser false vampire bat has a wingspan of up to and have a head-and-body length of around.
It is most closely related to the greater false vampire bat, which is the only other species in the genus " Megaderma ".