Desmodus
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the type genus of the Desmodontidae, consisting of vampire bats.

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Desmodus - type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats

genus Desmodus

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

Desmodontidae, family Desmodontidae - true vampire bats

Desmodus rotundus - mouse-sized bat of tropical Central America and South America having sharp incisor and canine teeth; feeds on the blood of birds and mammals

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Desmodont Desmodontidae Desmodus rotundus Diphylla Diphylla ecaudata family Desmodontidae genus Desmodus genus Diphylla hairy-legged vampire bat true vampire bat vampire bat			Others, like the common vampire bat, "can be nasty little creatures," he adds. Real-life bloodsuckers: think vampires don't exist? Meet some ... by Crane, Cody / Science World Of the 1,100 known present-day bat species, the lesser short-tailed bat and the American common vampire bat are the only two known to walk on the ground. Kiwi walking bat took marching orders from 20-mln-yr-old ancestor by Asian News International Common vampire bat attacks on humans in a village of the Amazon region of Brazil. Bat-transmitted human rabies outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon by Vasconcelos, Pedro F.C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases			common spindle tree common spoonbill common spotted orchid common St John's wort common staghorn fern common starling common stinkhorn common stock common stock equivalent common sunflower common supplies common tarweed common teasel common thorn apple Common thrift common thyme common time common tobacco common topaz common touch common unicorn plant common use common use alternatives common user item common valerian Common Vampire Bat common vetchling common viper common wallaby common wart common wasp common water snake common watercress common wheat common white dogwood common winterberry holly common wolffia common wood sorrel common wormwood common year common yellowthroat common yellowwood common zebra common-law common-law marriage common-sense common-situs picketing common-use container common-user airlift service common-user item common-user logistics			Common User Baseline for the Intelligence Community Common User Contract Common User Data Network Common User Data Terminal Common User Database Common User Digital Information Exchange Common User Digital Information Exchange System/Subsystem Common User Environment Common User Equipment Common User Equipment Site Common User Facsimile System Common User Installation Transport Network Common User Interface common user item Common User Language Common User Processor Common User Products Common User Radio Common User Radio Transmission Sounding System Common User Repository Common User Subsystem Common User System common valerian common valerians common valerians common valerians Common Vampire Bat common vampires common vampires common variable agammaglobulinemia common variable agammaglobulinemia common variable agammaglobulinemia common variable hypogammaglobulinemia common variable hypogammaglobulinemia common variable hypogammaglobulinemia common variable immunodeficiency common variable immunodeficiency common variable immunodeficiency common variable immunodeficiency Common Vehicular Instrumentation Common Vehicular Instrumentation Initiative Common Velocity Obstacle common vent Common Ventricle Common Vervain Common Vetch common vetches common vetches common vetches common vetchling Common Veterinary Entry Document Common Video Interface Units Common Video Object Tree common view common viper Common Vision Blox Common vouchee

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Desmodus (redirected from Common Vampire Bat)

Desmodus
(redirected from Common Vampire Bat)