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    The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other...
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    hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and...
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    The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also...
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    The white-winged vampire bat (Diaemus youngi), a species of vampire bat, is the only member of the genus Diaemus. They are found from Mexico to northern...
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    spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat, great spectral bat, American false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is...
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  • the early Holocene. It was 30% larger than its living relative the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Fossils and unmineralized subfossils have been...
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    bat, D. puntajudensis† Common vampire bat, D. rotundus Stock's vampire bat, D. stocki†, Genus Diaemus White-winged vampire bat, D. youngi Genus Diphylla...
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  • and Florida, farther north than any living vampire bats. It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), and was also more robust...
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    specifically the common, white-winged, and hairy-legged vampire bats, feed only on animal blood (hematophagy). The common vampire bat typically feeds on...
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    of vampire bats: Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat), Diphylla ecaudata (hairy-legged vampire bat), and Diaemus youngi (white-winged vampire bat). Most...
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    Desmodus (category Bat genera)
    vampire bat, extinct, Desmodus rotundus – common vampire bat, extant, †Desmodus rotundus puntajudensis (Desmodus puntajudensis) - Cuban vampire bat,...
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    find prey. The common vampire bat has an average aspect ratio and very short, slightly rounded wingtips. The hairy-legged vampire bat has the lowest aspect...
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    Rabies in animals (redirect from Rabid bat)
    including the common vampire bat, the rare white-winged vampire bat, as well as two abundant species of fruit bats: the Seba's short-tailed bat and the Jamaican...
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    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...
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    free-tailed bat. Novel anelloviruses have also been detected in two leaf-nosed bat species: the common vampire bat and Seba's short-tailed bat. The bat anelloviruses...
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  • healer). The name "Piuchén" is also used as the vernacular for the common vampire bat species Desmodus rotundus, which can be the origin of the legend....
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    long-nosed bat. The species mates in only one known cave–Cueva del Diablo near Tepoztlán, Mexico, which it shares with the common vampire bat and Parnell's...
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    The big-eared woolly bat or (Peters's) woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) is a species of bat, belonging to the family Phyllostomidae. The...
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    organs are pythons (family Pythonidae), some boas (family Boidae), the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), a variety of jewel beetles (Melanophila acuminata)...
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    Jamaican, common, or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) is a frugivorous bat species native to the Neotropics. The Jamaican fruit bat is a medium-sized...
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    the folkloric vampire represents a distorted presentation or memory of the vampire bat. The bats were named after the folkloric vampire rather than vice...
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  • bat, Vampyressa thyone LC Genus: Vampyrodes Great stripe-faced bat, Vampyrodes caraccioli LC Subfamily: Desmodontinae Genus: Desmodus Common vampire bat...
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    Airbats Common Vampire Bat, from Kemono Friends Desert Bat, in Blade of the Phantom Master Koumori, from Working Buddies! Taigokumaru, a bat-like from...
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    most well known venomous bat, the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) and two other rare species, the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) and...
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    Russo RG (2002). "Observations of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) and the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) in captivity". Mammalian...
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    the term "Mexican long-nosed bat", which can refer to the genus or to either of two of its species, the alternative common names are preferable. These...
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    livingstonii), the Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis) and the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Homosexual behavior in bats has been categorized...
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    hdl:1874/3750. PMID 1320764. Wilkinson GS (1986). "Social grooming in the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 34 (6): 1880–1889. CiteSeerX 10...
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  • Desmodus Common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus LR/lc Genus: Diaemus White-winged vampire bat, Diaemus youngi LR/lc Genus: Diphylla Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla...
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    "Terrestrial locomotion of the New Zealand short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata and the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus". Journal of Experimental Biology...
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