Hairy-legged vampire bat
Species of mammals belonging to the New World leaf-nosed bat family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Diphylleia (plant) or Diphylleia rotans.
The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans.[2] This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. It is the sole member of the genus Diphylla.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Diphylla Spix, 1823 |
Species: | D. ecaudata |
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Diphylla ecaudata Spix, 1823 | |
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