Desmodus

Desmodus is a genus of bats which—along with the genera Diaemus and Diphylla—are allied as the subfamily Desmodontinae, the carnivorous, blood-consuming vampire bats of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae.^[1]

Desmodus
Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Subfamily:	Desmodontinae
Genus:	Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Type species
Desmodus rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Species
Desmodus archaeodaptes† Desmodus draculae† Desmodus rotundus Desmodus stocki†

The genus was erected in 1826 to accommodate a new species Desmodus rufus described by Maximilian Wied in the second volume of his work detailing his explorations in Brazil.^[2][1] The type species was previously described with the name Phyllostoma rotundus by Étienne Geoffroy in 1810.^[1]

• subfamilia Desmodontinae

• genus Desmodus

• †Desmodus archaeodaptes, extinct,^[3]
• †Desmodus draculae – giant vampire bat, extinct,^[4][5]
• Desmodus rotundus – common vampire bat, extant,^[1][6]

• †Desmodus rotundus puntajudensis (Desmodus puntajudensis) - Cuban vampire bat, extinct,^[4][7][8]

• †Desmodus stocki – Stock's vampire bat, extinct.^[4][9]