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]

Desmodus stocki, or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of vampire bat native to Pleistocene, North America, inhabiting states like Arizona, West Virginia, and 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]

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".


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