Desmodus | |
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Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Subfamily: | Desmodontinae |
Genus: |
Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 |
Species | |
Desmodus draculae†
Desmodus puntajudensis†
Desmodus rotundus
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Desmodus is a genus of bats often referred to as the vampire bats. Along with the genera, Diaemus and Diphylla, Desmodus makes up the subfamily Desmodontinae of family Phyllostomidae, the vampire bats.
Genus Desmodus - vampire bats