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--> GENUS Desmodus
SPECIES Desmodus rotundus
| Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1810. | | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 181. | | Common Name: | Common Vampire Bat | | Type Locality: | Paraguay, Asunción (restricted by Cabrera, 1958). | | Distribution: | Uruguay, N Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and N Chile north to Sonora, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (Mexico); Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | See Greenhall et al. (1983). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834
dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838
ecaudatus Schinz, 1821
fuscus Burmeister, 1854
mordax Burmeister, 1879
murinus Wagner, 1840
rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824
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