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Desmodus (vampire bat)
Taxonomy
Desmodus was named by Wied-Neuwied (1826). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phyllostomidae by Rabon et al. (2000); to Phyllostomatidae by Czaplewski and Peachey (2003); and to Desmodontinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Phyllostomidae by Rabon et al. (2000); to Phyllostomatidae by Czaplewski and Peachey (2003); and to Desmodontinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Salles et al. (2006).