Stock's vampire bat

Desmodus stocki, or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of vampire bat native to Pleistocene Florida, farther north than any living vampire bats.[2][3] It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), and was also more robust.[4]

Stock's vampire bat
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Desmodus
Species:
†D. stocki
Binomial name
†Desmodus stocki
Jones, 1958[1]

References
  1. Jones, J.K., Jr. (1958). "Pleistocene bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History. 9 (14): 389–396.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Desmodus stocki :: Florida Museum of Natural History".
  3. "Stock's Vampire Bat - Desmodus stocki - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life".
  4. "Desmodus stocki".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.