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SpeciesChiropteraPhyllostomidae
Mammals

🦇Common vampire bat

Desmodus rotundus (E.Geoffroy, 1810)

Desmodus rotundus — вид ссавців із родини листконосових (Phyllostomidae), ряду лиликоподібних (Vespertilioniformes, seu Chiroptera). Поширений у Південній Америці, Центральній Америці та Мексиці. Належить до невеликої групи видів кажанів, пристосованих до крові як основи живлення. Це нічні й соціальні тварини. Етимологія: лат. rotundus — «круглий»; видова назва посилається на сферичну форму тіла.

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≈ 1/1,870th of your weight
Also called
Vampire Bat
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

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 mass
0.03 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.03 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.09 m
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Brain mass
0.88 g
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Maximum lifespan
29 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 29 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7.61 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
285 days
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Gestation
189 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 189 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
0 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyPhyllostomidae
  6. ›genusDesmodus
  7. ›speciesDesmodus rotundus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderBats · Chiroptera
  3. subfamilyDesmodontinae
  4. genusDesmodus
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderBats · Chiroptera
  12. familyPhyllostomidae
  13. subfamilyDesmodontinae
  14. genusDesmodus
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What it eats
warm-blooded animals100%
In other languages
Gemeiner Vampir (de), Wampir zwyczajny (pl), Desmodus rotundus (fr), 흡혈박쥐 (ko), ערפד מצוי (he), Murcíelago vampiro común (es) … and 22 more languages
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