Desmodus

Desmodus
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Subfamily: Desmodontinae
Genus: Desmodus
Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Type species
Desmodus rufus
Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Species

Desmodus archaeodaptes
Desmodus draculae
Desmodus rotundus
Desmodus stocki

Desmodus is a genus of bats which—along with the genera Diaemus and Diphylla—are allied as the subfamily Desmodontinae, the carnivorous, blood-consuming vampire bats of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.[1]

The genus was erected in 1826 to accommodate a new species Desmodus rufus described by Maximilian Wied in the second volume of his work detailing his explorations in Brazil.[2][1] The type species was previously described with the name Phyllostoma rotundus by Étienne Geoffroy in 1810.[1]

  • genus Desmodus
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  8. ^ Orihuela, Johanset (2011). "Skull variation of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): Taxonomic implications for the Cuban fossil vampire bat Desmodus puntajudensis". Chiroptera Neotropical. 17 (1): 863–876. ISSN 2317-6105. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
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