Leaf-nosed bat
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The New World leaf-nosed bats are bats found from southern North America to South America, specifically from the Southwest United States to northern Argentina. Both the scientific and common names der
Artibeus sp. Tortuguero National Park crop
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Vampire bat
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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 hematoph
Leaf-nosed bat
…family have evolved to use food groups as varied as fruit, nectar, pollen, insects, frogs, other bats, and small vertebrates, and in the case of the vampire bats, blood. Most species are insectivorous, but the phyllostomid bats also include true predatory species and frugivores (subfamily Stenodermatinae and…
A vampire bat skeleton, showing the distinctive incisors and canines
A vampire bat feeding on a pig (taxidermy specimens)
Common vampire bat at the Louisville Zoo