Desmodus stocki, or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of vampire bat native to Pleistocene North America, inhabiting states like Arizona, West Virginia, and Florida, further north than any living vampire bats.[2][3] It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), and was also more robust.[4]
| Stock's vampire bat Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Desmodus |
| Species: | †D. stocki
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| †Desmodus stocki Jones, 1958[1]
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References
edit- ^ Jones, J.K. Jr. (1958). "Pleistocene bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 (14): 389–396.
- ^ "Desmodus stocki :: Florida Museum of Natural History".
- ^ "Stock's Vampire Bat - Desmodus stocki - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life".
- ^ "Desmodus stocki".
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