Desmodus rotundus

Desmodus rotundus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Microchiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Desmodontinae
Genus: Desmodus
Species: Desmodus rotundus

Name

Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)

Type locality: Paraguay, Asuncion.

Synonyms

• cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834
• dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838
• ecaudatus Schinz, 1821
• fuscus Burmeister, 1854
• mordax Burmeister, 1879
• murinus Wagner, 1840
• rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824

References

• E. Geoffroy, 1810. Ann. du Museum National d'Histoire naturelle Paris, 15: 181.
• Conservation status: IUCN: Desmodus rotundus (Least Concern)
• Desmodus rotundus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) (2005). Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214.

Distribution

• Uruguay, North Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and North Chile north to Sonora, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (Mexico)
• Margarita Island (Venezuela)
• Trinidad

Vernacular names

čeština: Upír obecný
Deutsch: Gemeiner Vampir
English: Common Vampire Bat
español: Desmodus rotundus
français: Desmodus rotundus
עברית: ערפד מצוי
lietuvių: Didysis vampyras
Nederlands: Gewone vampier
日本語: ナミチスイコウモリ
polski: Wampir zwyczajny
português: Morcego-vampiro
Runa Simi: Wiruchu
suomi: Isoverenimijä
ไทย: ค้างคาวแวมไพร์, ค้างคาวดูดเลือด

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