Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus Vampire bats are found throughout Central and South America. What's In a Name More myth than fact. Vampire bats do feed on blood, but they won't attack a human and suck blood from the neck. Myths and legends from all over the world portray bats as blood-sucking demons. Vampire bats really do exist, but only three species in Central and South America. The vampire ...

San Francisco State University Department of Geography Geography 316: Biogeography The Biogeography of Vampire Bat (Desmondus rotundas) by Nikki Michel, student in Geography 316, Fall 1999 Common name: vampire bat Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Desmodontidae Genus: Desmondus Species: Desmondus rotundus Description of Species Vampire bats are very ...

Published in Chiroptera Neotropical, 1995, 1(2): 22-24 The Common Vampire Bat in Urban Environments from Southeastern Brazil Wilson Uieda Departamento de Zoologia - Instituto de Bioci ncias - Universidade Estadual Paulista - 8618-000, Botucatu, SP, Brasil. The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus (Phyllostomidae) is considered to be a luciphogous animal that prefers to rest on dark and moist ...