Spectral Bats in Popular Culture
- In the book Silverwing the main antagonist, Goth, and his partner, Throbb, are of the race Vampyrum spectrum. This is repeatedly told in the book and its successors in the series and is also stated by the author (Kenneth Oppel) on the Silverwing Web site.
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