Educational resources on Common Vampire Bat

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Academic web links for the Common Vampire Bat.

ADW: Desmodus rotundus: Information
The common vampire bat is highly adapted for its specialized feeding behavior. The braincase is large and the rostrum is reduced to accomodate large razor-sharp incisors and
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Desmodus_rotundus.html

Biogeography of Vampire Bat
Of all these species, only the common vampire bat is able to maneuver on the ground as well as in the air. According to Schutt (1998), vampire bats can move side to side and
bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/Fall99Projects/vampire.htm

The illustrated story of the Vampire bat
Each adult Common Vampire Bat has a 7% chance of not feeding on any night. This means that about once every 25 nights the bat will miss its meal and go hungry.
www.pitt.edu/~slavic/courses/vampires/images/bats/vambat.html

bat photos
Lasiurus cinereus, Hoary Bat Desmodus rotundus, Common Vampire Bat. Noctilio leporinus, Fishing Bat Vampyrodes major, Great Stripe-faced Bat
www.angelo.edu/faculty/lammerma/batphotos.html

The Common Vampire Bat
Cat Kizer's Web Site on the Common Vampire Bat: Desmodus rotundus
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2001/Kizer/kizer.html

refer
Roost Interactions between the Common Vampire Bat and Two Frugivorous Bats in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Biotropica 26,344-348. Common Vampire Bat Homepage--General Overview
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Saunders/refer.html

socsys
The common vampire bat is a social animal, meaning that it lives in a social group (Park 1991). The common vampire bat’s nesting site is called a roost (Park 1991).
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Saunders/socsys.html

fdgbehav
Feeding Behavior _____ photo taken from www.batcrew.com. The common vampire bat possesses a unique feeding style.
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Saunders/fdgbeh.html

genoverview
The common vampire bat is seventy to ninety millimeters long and weighs anywhere from fifteen to fifty grams (Nowak 1991). There is sexual dimorphism in the common
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Saunders/genoverview.html

mtgsys
The mating system of the common vampire bat is determined by the social structure of the principal colony. The most prevalent type of social structure is a harem with one
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2003/Saunders/mtgsys.html