family Desmodontidae


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Noun1.family Desmodontidae - true vampire bats
Desmodontidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Microchiroptera, suborder Microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
true vampire bat, vampire bat - any of various tropical American bats of the family Desmodontidae that bite mammals and birds to feed on their blood
Desmodus, genus Desmodus - type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats
Diphylla, genus Diphylla - vampire bats
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The false vampires are neither blood sucking nor the members of family Desmodontidae which are confined to South America (Roberts 1997).
DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST RECORD OF THE INDIAN FALSE VAMPIRE BAT (Megaderma lyra) E. Geoffroy 1810 (RHINOPOMATIDAE: CHIROPTERA) CAPTURED FROM NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN

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