![Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation on Twitter: "A greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) about to eat a gecko lizard in Thailand. 😱 Yea, a carnivorous bat! 😍 #merlintuttlesbatconservation #mtbc #toocool #carnivorous #bat # Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation on Twitter: "A greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) about to eat a gecko lizard in Thailand. 😱 Yea, a carnivorous bat! 😍 #merlintuttlesbatconservation #mtbc #toocool #carnivorous #bat #](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Esq3yu9U4BQ-5xJ.jpg)
Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation on Twitter: "A greater false vampire bat (Megaderma lyra) about to eat a gecko lizard in Thailand. 😱 Yea, a carnivorous bat! 😍 #merlintuttlesbatconservation #mtbc #toocool #carnivorous #bat #
![Consider this: There are more than 1,400 species of bats in the world (making up nearly one quarter of all mammal species), yet only 9 species are true carnivores. For example, this Consider this: There are more than 1,400 species of bats in the world (making up nearly one quarter of all mammal species), yet only 9 species are true carnivores. For example, this](https://preview.redd.it/greater-false-vampire-bat-feeding-on-a-grand-leaf-nosed-bat-v0-ra21yk94l8a91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f121f8386adf42af52e1c8b104495da6497bd517)
Consider this: There are more than 1,400 species of bats in the world (making up nearly one quarter of all mammal species), yet only 9 species are true carnivores. For example, this
![This is the ghost bat (macroderma gigas) from Australia. It's a carnivore bat which feeds on small animals like mice, other bats, birds… | Animals, Bat, Bat species This is the ghost bat (macroderma gigas) from Australia. It's a carnivore bat which feeds on small animals like mice, other bats, birds… | Animals, Bat, Bat species](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a9/04/a8/a904a8f05de770d9c9cf40f4b6728360--vampire-bat-baby-bats.jpg)
This is the ghost bat (macroderma gigas) from Australia. It's a carnivore bat which feeds on small animals like mice, other bats, birds… | Animals, Bat, Bat species
![Multiple dimensions of bat biodiversity along an extensive tropical elevational gradient - Cisneros - 2014 - Journal of Animal Ecology - Wiley Online Library Multiple dimensions of bat biodiversity along an extensive tropical elevational gradient - Cisneros - 2014 - Journal of Animal Ecology - Wiley Online Library](https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/cms/asset/9c27322f-acbf-41d6-9a73-505922a5f0ff/jane12201-toc-0001-m.jpg?trick=1678340832028)
Multiple dimensions of bat biodiversity along an extensive tropical elevational gradient - Cisneros - 2014 - Journal of Animal Ecology - Wiley Online Library
![Dr. Hannah Frank 🌻 on Twitter: "Meet Vampyrum spectrum! It's not actually a vampire #bat. It is, however, the largest bat in the Americas and the largest carnivorous bat in the world. ( Dr. Hannah Frank 🌻 on Twitter: "Meet Vampyrum spectrum! It's not actually a vampire #bat. It is, however, the largest bat in the Americas and the largest carnivorous bat in the world. (](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EGH-WXEUcAAmmV3.jpg:large)