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• Dobson, G.E. 1880. On some new or rare species of Chiroptera in the collection of the Göttingen Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 461-465 pl. 46 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [73]]
• Douglas, A.M. 1962. Macroderma gigas saturata (Chiroptera, Megadermatidae) a new subspecies from the Kimberley Division of Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 59-61
• Douglas, A.M. 1967. The natural history of the Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera, Megadermatidae) in Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 10: 125-138
• Fairfax, R.A. 1982. Notes on the ghost bat Macroderma gigas in captivity. 175 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
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• Guppy, A. & Coles, R.B. 1983. Feeding behaviour of the Australian Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) in captivity. Australian Mammalogy 6: 97-99
• Guppy, A. & Coles, R.B. 1988. Acoustical and neural aspects of hearing in the Australian gleaning bats, Macroderma gigas and Nyctophilus gouldi. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 162: 653-668
• Guppy, A., Coles, R.B. & Pettigrew, J.D. 1985. Echolocation and acoustic communication in the Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 299-308
• Hand, S. & York, A. 1990. Morphological variation in the dentition and skull of the Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 263-286
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• Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
• Kulzer, E., Nelson, J.E., McKean, J.L. & Moehres, F.P. 1984. Prey-catching behaviour and echolocation in the Australian Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 37-50
• Leitner, P. & Nelson, J.E. 1967. Body temperature, oxygen consumption and heart rate in the Australian False Vampire Bat, Macroderma gigas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 21: 65-74
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• Miller, G.S. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19: 83-85
• Molnar, R.E., Hall, L.S. & Mahoney, J.A. 1984. New fossil localities for Macroderma Miller, 1906 (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae) in New South Wales and its past and present distribution in Australia. Australian Mammalogy 7: 63-73
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• Richards, G.C. & Hand, S. 1995. Ghost Bat Macroderma gigas. pp. 446-447 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Schulz, M. 1986. Vertebrate prey of the Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas, at Pine Creek, Northern Territory. Macroderma 2: 59-62
• Tidemann, C.R., Priddel, D.M., Nelson, J.E. & Pettigrew, J.D. 1985. Foraging behaviour of the Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 705-713
• Wise, L.Z., Pettigrew, J.D. & Calford, M.B. 1986. Somatosensory cortical representation in the Australian ghost bat, Macroderma gigas. Journal of Comparative Neurology 248: 257-262
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