🦇Common vampire bat
O Desmodus rotundus, conhecido popularmente como morcego-vampiro, é um morcego da família Phyllostomidae, encontrado em toda a América do Sul, América Central e no México. A espécie habita geralmente tocas ou cavernas muito úmidas, possuindo pelagem fina e sedosa, com as partes superiores marrom-escuras e as inferiores mais claras. Entre as aproximadamente 1100 espécies de morcegos, o Desmodus rotundus é uma das três espécies hematófagas que, além de atacar aves, ataca também mamíferos, na maioria das vezes de médio ou grande porte. Estes morcegos conseguem caminhar no solo, apoiando-se nos seus dedos e costumam morder suas presas nas orelhas, dedos e outras extremidades, pois são locais de difícil percepção. Ao contrário do que as pessoas pensam, os morcegos vampiros não chupam, e sim lambem o sangue que sai da mordida deferida por eles. Sua saliva contém uma substância anticoagulante que está sendo pesquisada para uso em doenças circulatórias.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 0.03 kg
- Body length
- 0.09 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Common vampire bat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.03 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.03 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.09 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass0.88 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan29 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length7.61 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity285 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation189 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 189 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common vampire bat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyPhyllostomidae
- ›genusDesmodus
- ›speciesDesmodus rotundus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- subfamilyDesmodontinae
- genusDesmodus
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- familyPhyllostomidae
- subfamilyDesmodontinae
- genusDesmodus
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