Desmodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Noctilionoidea

Familia: Phyllostomidae
Subfamilia: Desmodontinae
Genus: Desmodus
Species (1 + †2): †D. draculae – D. rotundus – †D. stocki

Name

Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826: 231

Type species: Desmodus rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1826, by monotypy.

Synonymy

Edostoma d’Orbigny, 1835: pl. 8
- Type species: Edostoma cinerea d'Orbigny, 1835, by monotypy.

Desmodon Elliot, 1905: 530 [unjustified emendation]

References

Primary references

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu 1826. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien, von Maximilian, Prinzen zu Wied. Band II. Abtheilung. Mammalia. Säugthiere. Gr. H.S. priv. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs: Weimar. 622 pp. + 5 plates. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gemeiner Vampir
English: Common Vampire Bat
español: Vampiro
日本語: チスイコウモリ属
Nederlands: Gewone vampier
ไทย: ค้างคาวแวมไพร์, ค้างคาวดูดเลือด