Spectral bats usually roost in a hollow tree with a mate and their young of the year.

The spectral bat is a formidable aerial night hunter.

In the midst of the confusion, the tunnel collapses, and the Spectral Bats attack.

Like the Spectral Bat, it has no tail.

The spectral bat cracked across Tammy's face.

Vampyrum spectrum is the Latin name of the Spectral Bat.

It is smaller than the Spectral Bat.

The genus Vampyrum contains only one species, the spectral bat (V. spectrum).

Young spectral bats may be predated by arboreal predators such as tree snakes, coatis and Leopardus cats.

These three species compose the "true" vampire bats, as opposed to the "false" vampires of the family Megadermatidae and the spectral bat.

Indulging himself in her suffering, Gil Wilson didn't notice the spectral bat materialize in her hands.

They are also unrelated to the Spectral bat (which is called Vampyrum, but which is an omnivore)

Spectral bats do not seem to forage by sight or echolocation as do most bats, but apparently hunt so mainly by scent.

Prominent bats include the tiny, communal-roosting Honduran white bat and the huge, predatory Spectral Bat, the largest new world bat.

The remains of 84 bird specimens of 18 different species, including motmots, doves, trogons, cuckoos, wrens and orioles, were discovered at one spectral bat roost.

Spectral bats usually hunt several times a night and, during the breeding season, the male will hunt for food alone and bring food back to the female and their young.

The Greater False Vampire Bat (Megaderma lyra) is a carnivorous bat, just as the South American Spectral Bat.

At this point, the little-known spectral bat is classified as Near Threatened, due only to its apparent dependency on mature forest, which is being heavily logged in some parts of the species range.

At least two species of bat are known to feed on other bats: the spectral bat, also known as the American false vampire bat, and the ghost bat of Australia.

Unlike other false vampire bats, the yellow-winged bat feeds only on insects and not small vertebrates.

Large Lesser False Vampire bats are found in the Talevadi caves.

"A preliminary examination of genetic diversity in the Indian false vampire bat Megaderma lyra."

Only two bat species, the false vampire bat and the yellow-winged bat, are thought to form monogamous pairs.

Lesser false vampire bat (Megaderma spasma)

Lesser False Vampire Bats live in rock crevices, caves, foliage and hollow trees, depending on availability.

The False Vampire Bats (Megaderma) are a subfamliy of bats.

Greater False Vampire Bat (Megaderma lyra)

Family Megadermatidae: false vampire bats (Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia)

It is most closely related to the Greater False Vampire Bat, which is the only other species in the genus Megaderma.

Predatory bats such as the Greater False Vampire Bat are known to prey on Barn Swallows.

The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas), also known as the false vampire bat is a bat native to Australia.

Some alternate names for this species are 'Linnaeus's False vampire bat' and the 'Spectral Vampire bat'.

Megadermatidae, or False Vampire Bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia.

The Yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons) is one of five species of false vampire bat (family Megadermatidae) from Africa.

While the two small bats escape, the scene changes to the two giant bats (Vampyrum spectrum, the False Vampire Bat) on the night they escape.

The Dusky Crag Martin has been recorded in the diet of the Greater False Vampire Bat, Megaderma lyra.

Audet, Doris, et al. "Foraging Behavior of the Indian False Vampire Bat, Megaderma lyra (Chiroptera:."

The Greater False Vampire Bat (Megaderma lyra) is a carnivorous bat, just as the South American Spectral Bat.

In any case, it has been observed that in captivity, Greater False Vampire Bats can successfully detect and catch mice and frogs in complete darkness without echolocating.

At least two species of bat are known to feed on other bats: the spectral bat, also known as the American false vampire bat, and the ghost bat of Australia.

In addition to predation by birds of prey such as the Peregrine Falcon, this small martin has been recorded in the diet of the Greater False Vampire Bat, Megaderma lyra.

Morris (1974) records a small mammal assemblage in an inaccessible lava blister cave that was probably accumulated by the false vampire bat, which is a bat about 50 g in weight known to feed on rodents, fish and frogs.

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.

The big-eared woolly bat or (Peter's) woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) is a bat species native to Central and South America, where it is found from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil.

A battle ensues between Vampyrum spectrum and their intended victims, with help from the freed prisoners.

Vampyrum spectrum is the Latin name of the Spectral Bat.

Home to the Vampyrum Spectrum bats and the Pyramid.

The Vampyrum Spectrum, unlike the Silverwings, has a monarchy.

Shade begins to learn more about the Vampyrum Spectrum from a weakened bat named Ishmael.

Goth- A carnivorus Vampyrum Spectrum bat from the southern jungles.

On the way, both Chinook and the owl prince Orestes are captured by a small group of Vampyrum spectrum.

Goth: A cannibal bat, prince to the Vampyrum spectrum, is deceptive and cunning.

The group later encounter a dead Vampyrum Spectrum named Murk, who is also traveling to the Tree.

Goth also discovers a group of Vampyrum Spectrum, whom he begins to indoctrinate with the teachings of his god.

Underworld: A place created by Cama Zotz for his Vampyrum Spectrum.

For example, the false vampire (Vampyrum spectrum), the largest bat in the Americas, eats vertebrate prey including small dove-sized birds.

After some negotiation, the rat General Cortez agrees to help the Silverwings, because his own son is a captive of the Vampyrum spectrum.

The group consisted of bats used by humans to carry fire (bombs) and were led by Shade's father until he was captured by the Vampyrum Spectrum.

While the two small bats escape, the scene changes to the two giant bats (Vampyrum spectrum, the False Vampire Bat) on the night they escape.

Zotz- Cama Zotz, or Zotz as he is called in the book, is the god of the Vampyrum Spectrum bats.

Shade reluctantly agrees, and Goth tries to tempt him with meat and the promise that Zotz, the Vampyrum Spectrum god, will allow him to grow bigger.

They then meet a bat by the name of Caliban, who shows them a place where survivors of the bombing are hiding from the bloodthirsty Vampyrum spectrum, a cannibal race now ruled by Goth upon his father's death.

They also meet other characters like Goth and Throbb, bats who are part of the Vampyrum Spectrum, Zephyr, a bat that can see past, present and future, and Scirocco, a bat who wants to be Human.

Confused by his surroundings, Goth is easily captured by a group of Vampyrum Spectrum, who set him to work hollowing out a tunnel in the Underworld's "sky" with a group of enslaved bats, including a vampyrum met in Silverwing, named Throbb.

The demon-god Cama Zotz healed Goth and made him King of the Vampyrum Spectrum, but Goth was killed when the high priest Voxzaco, dropped a powerful explosive device on the temple in an attempt to sacrifice everyone to resurrect Cama Zotz.