Lesser false vampire bat
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Lesser false vampire bat

Megaderma spasma

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Khao Yai National Park
7 Verified records at Khao Yai National Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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 →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser false vampire bat sighting in Khao Yai National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Khao Yai National Park

Great Roundleaf Bat
LC Endemic

Great Roundleaf Bat

Mammal

Hipposideros armiger

5–10% · With luck
Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat
LC

Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Hipposideros gentilis

Insufficient data
intermediate roundleaf bat
LC

intermediate roundleaf bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Hipposideros larvatus

Insufficient data
Diadem Roundleaf Bat
LC

Diadem Roundleaf Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Hipposideros diadema

Insufficient data
Cantor's roundleaf bat
LC

Cantor's roundleaf bat

Mammal

Hipposideros galeritus

Insufficient data
croslet horseshoe bat
LC

croslet horseshoe bat

Mammal

Rhinolophus coelophyllus

Insufficient data
ashy roundleaf bat
LC

ashy roundleaf bat

Mammal

Hipposideros cineraceus

Insufficient data
Intermediate Horseshoe Bat
LC

Intermediate Horseshoe Bat

Mammal

Rhinolophus affinis

Insufficient data
Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Northern Woolly Horseshoe Bat

Mammal

Rhinolophus perniger

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
<5
Mar
20–30
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
40–50%
2 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
10–20%
3 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
4 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
5 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
6 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
7 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
8 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser false vampire bat in Khao Yai National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Lesser false vampire bat sighting in Khao Yai National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Lesser false vampire bat in Khao Yai National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Lesser false vampire bat in Khao Yai National Park in our monthly data.

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