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
Desmodus rotundus A Catenazzi
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
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Bats are winged mammals, the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, using long, spread-out digits covered with a thin membrane or patagium. T
Vampire bat
…bat Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Phyllostomidae Subfamily: Desmodontinae Bonaparte, 1845 Genera Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 Diphylla Spix, 1823 Diaemus Miller, 1906. Vampire…
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"Chiroptera" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904