For the 1933 film, see The Vampire Bat. For the 2005 television film, see Vampire Bats (film).
Vampire bat
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Chiroptera
Family:
Phyllostomidae
Subfamily:
Desmodontinae Bonaparte, 1845
Genera
Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Diphylla Spix, 1823
Diaemus Miller, 1906.
Vampire bats, members of the subfamily Desmodontinae, are leaf-nosed bats currently found in Central and South America. Their food source is the blood of other animals, a dietary trait called hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi). Two extinct species of the genus Desmodus have been found in North America.
hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: the common vampirebat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampirebat (Diphylla ecaudata), and...
common vampirebat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Neotropics. It is one of three extant species of vampirebat, the other...
The VampireBat is a 1933 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight...
spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampirebat, great spectral bat, American false vampirebat or Linnaeus's false vampirebat, is...
common, white-winged, and hairy-legged vampire bats, feed only on animal blood (hematophagy). The common vampirebat typically feeds on large mammals such...
Desmodus draculae is an extinct species of vampirebat that inhabited Central and South America during the Pleistocene, and possibly the early Holocene...
The greater false vampirebat (Lyroderma lyra) is a species of bat in the family Megadermatidae, the false vampire bats. It is native to Asia. It is also...
the folkloric vampire represents a distorted presentation or memory of the vampirebat. The bats were named after the folkloric vampire rather than vice...
The lesser false vampirebat (Megaderma spasma) is a bat found in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Sri Lanka and India in the west to Indonesia and...
find prey. The common vampirebat has an average aspect ratio and very short, slightly rounded wingtips. The hairy-legged vampirebat has the lowest aspect...
lesser false vampirebat and greater false vampirebat have a dental formula of 0.1.2.32.1.2.3 × 2 = 28, while the ghost bat, heart-nosed bat, Thongaree's...
The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the...
free-tailed bat. Novel anelloviruses have also been detected in two leaf-nosed bat species: the common vampirebat and Seba's short-tailed bat. The bat anelloviruses...
Macroderma gigas have included ghost bat, false vampire, false vampirebat, and Australian false vampirebat. The name ghost bat derives from its distinct colouring...
tension between the membranes of its legs. Desmodus Rotundus (vampirebat) The common vampire bats are known to possess powerful modes of terrestrial locomotion...
most well known venomous bat, the common vampirebat (Desmodus rotundus) and two other rare species, the hairy-legged vampirebat (Diphylla ecaudata) and...
described as winged snakes. This legend may have originated from the vampirebat, an animal endemic to the region. In the Philippines the Sigbin shares...
the distance of the object. The Common vampirebat has specialized infrared sensors in its nose-leaf. Vampire bats are the only mammals that feed exclusively...
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