Desmodus
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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]
- subfamilia Desmodontinae
- genus Desmodus
- Template:ExtinctDesmodus archaeodaptes, extinct,[3]
- Template:ExtinctDesmodus draculae – giant vampire bat, extinct,[4][5]
- Desmodus rotundus – common vampire bat, extant,[1][6]
- Template:ExtinctDesmodus rotundus puntajudensis (Desmodus puntajudensis) - Cuban vampire bat, extinct,[4][7][8]
- Template:ExtinctDesmodus stocki – Stock's vampire bat, extinct.[4][9]
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