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]
| Desmodus | |
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| Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Desmodontinae |
| Genus: | Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Desmodus rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1826
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| Species | |
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Desmodus archaeodaptes† | |
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
- †Desmodus archaeodaptes, extinct,[3]
- †Desmodus draculae – giant vampire bat, extinct,[4][5]
- Desmodus rotundus – common vampire bat, extant,[1][6]
- †Desmodus rotundus puntajudensis (Desmodus puntajudensis) - Cuban vampire bat, extinct,[4][7][8]
- †Desmodus stocki – Stock's vampire bat, extinct.[4][9]
References
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- ^ a b c d Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World. Baltimore: JHU Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 57557352.
- ^ Wied, M. (1826). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien /. Vol. 2. Weimar: Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs. pp. 231–238.
- ^ Morgan, G. S.; Linares, O. J.; Ray, C. E. (1988). "New species of fossil vampire bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Desmodontidae) from Florida and Venezuela". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 101 (4): 912–928.
- ^ a b c Turvey, S.T. (2009). "Holocene mammal extinctions". Holocene Extinctions. OUP Oxford. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-157998-1.
- ^ Holmes, Branden (2011-01-18). "Desmodus draculae (Giant vampire bat)". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database.
- ^ Barquez, R.; Perez, S.; Miller, B.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Desmodus rotundus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T6510A21979045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T6510A21979045.en. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Suárez, William (2005-12-01). "Taxonomic Status of the Cuban Vampire Bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodontinae: Desmodus)" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 41 (4). University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. ISSN 0008-6452.
- ^ Orihuela, Johanset (2011). "Skull variation of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): Taxonomic implications for the Cuban fossil vampire bat Desmodus puntajudensis". Chiroptera Neotropical. 17 (1): 863–876. ISSN 2317-6105. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
- ^ Knox Jones Jr., J. (1958). "Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 (14): 389–396.
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