Stock's vampire bat

Desmodus stocki, or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of vampire bat native to Pleistocene Florida, farther north than any living vampire bats.[1][2] It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), and was also more robust and 15-20% larger in size. [3]

Stock's vampire bat
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Desmodus
Species:
D. stocki
Binomial name
Desmodus stocki
Jones, 1958

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