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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. Vampire bat - Wikipedia

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    Because the hairy-legged vampire bat feeds on bird blood and it is the most basal of living vampire bats, it is considered likely that the first vampire bats fed on bird blood as well. [15] Recent analyses suggest that vampire bats arose from insectivores, which discount the frugivore, carnivore, and nectarivore hypotheses of origin. [ 15 ]

  4. 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 .

  5. Vampire bats made to run on treadmills – revealing the secret ...

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    On the contrary, vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), which mostly prey on mammals like capybaras, cows, pigs and horses, make energy from blood, which is rich in proteins, but not much else ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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).

  8. Infrared sensing in vampire bats - Wikipedia

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    Head of Desmodus rotundus: Indicated is position of nasal pits (*), apical pad (aP) and lateral pad (lP). [1] Nasal structure of Desmodus rotundus: Stars indicate position of nasal pits and red outlines the nose-leaf. [1] The central nose-leaf and a semicircular ring of pads construct the nasal structure of the vampire bat.

  9. Bat - Wikipedia

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    The fastest bat, the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis), can achieve a ground speed of 160 km/h (100 mph). [52] Little brown bat take off and flight. The finger bones of bats are much more flexible than those of other mammals, owing to their flattened cross-section and to low levels of calcium near their tips.