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  2. Common vampire bat - Wikipedia

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    The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats. The common vampire bat practices hematophagy, mainly feeding on the blood of livestock. The bat usually approaches its prey at ...

  3. Desmodus - Wikipedia

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    Desmodus rotundus Desmodus stocki † 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 .

  4. Vampire bat - Wikipedia

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    The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, also has specialized thermoreceptors on its nose, [16] which aid the animal in locating areas where the blood flows close to the skin of its prey. A nucleus has been found in the brain of vampire bats that has a similar position and similar histology to the infrared receptor of infrared-sensing snakes .

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  7. Common vampire bat - en.wikipedia.org

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    The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Neotropics. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats. The common vampire bat practices hematophagy, mainly feeding on the blood of livestock. The bat usually approaches its prey at ...

  8. Infrared sensing in vampire bats - Wikipedia

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    Vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. Vampire bats have developed a specialized system using infrared-sensitive receptors on their nose-leaf to prey on homeothermic (warm-blooded) vertebrates. [1] Trigeminal nerve fibers that innervate these IR-sensitive receptors may be involved in detection of infrared thermal radiation emitted by their prey. This ...

  9. Leaf-nosed bat - Wikipedia

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    Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) New World leaf-nosed bats are usually brown, grey, or black, although five species are white. They range in size from 4.0 to 13.5 cm (1.6 to 5.3 in) in head-body length, and can weigh from 7 to 200 g (0.25 to 7.05 oz).