NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Thongaree's False-vampire
Eudiscoderma thongareeae Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Thongaree's disc-nosed bat (Eudiscoderma thongareeae) is a critically endangered species of bat found in Thailand. It is the only member of the genus Eudiscoderma.
It has been observed eating beetles. All known individuals of its species have come from Thailand in the Bala Forest of Narathiwat Province.
This species is currently evaluated as critically endangered by the IUCN. The known area of occupancy of this species is 0.03–1 km2 (0.012–0.39 mi2). Only three individuals have ever been observed.
Wikipedia contributors, Thongaree's disc-nosed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:01:52.497439+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eudiscoderma thongareeae Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015
- Name authority
- Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015
- Common name
- Thongaree's False-vampire
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Megadermatidae
- Genus
- Eudiscoderma
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYinpterochiroptera Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope & Jong, 2001
- superfamilyRhinolophoidea Gray, 1825
- familyMegadermatidae H. Allen, 1864
- genusEudiscoderma Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015
- speciesEudiscoderma thongareeae Soisook, Prajakjitr, Karapan, Francis & Bates, 2015
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Soisook, Pipat, Amorn Prajakjitr, Sunate Karapan, Charles M. Francis, and Paul J. J. Bates. (2015). A new genus and species of false vampire (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) from peninsular Thailand. Zootaxa, Vol. 3931, No. 4. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7NDGS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.