Biogeography of Vampire Bat
Information on Desmondus rotundus, its distribution, natural history, evolution and the folklore that surrounds it.
bss.sfsu.edu/geog/bholzman/courses/Fall99Projects/vampire.htm

The illustrated story of the Vampire bat
...(Click the image to enlarge) Vampire bats feed only on blood, a fact that sets the human imagination racing. The three species are medium-seized, with adult wingspans of 320 to 350
www.pitt.edu/~slavic/courses/vampires/images/bats/vambat.html

ADW: Desmodus rotundus: Information
Jumping is one of the vampire bat's main avoidance techniques. It has the ability to jump forward, backward, and laterally. These movements provide quick escape routes from
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Desmodus_rotundus.html

Vampire Bat Food
When Vampires get hungry… Prey: domestic animals (cows, donkeys, horses). Even when wild prey is available, vampires will not attack it.
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2002/Perry/food.html

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bat Facts
The vampire bat, in particular, grooms both itself and its neighbors intensively. A paste-like anticoagulant poison that causes internal bleeding in the bat was
www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/batfacts.htm

Reciprocal Altruism in Vampire Bats
Above: a hungry bat (right) solicits food from a potential donor, first by grooming around the stomach area (c) and then licking the donor's face (d).
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2002/Perry/altruism.html

vampire bat
This website was completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Biology 323, Animal Behavior, at Davidson College in the Spring
www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2004/edwards/vampire%20bat.htm

www.wfiu.indiana.edu
The other two vampire bat species (Desmodus rotundus and Diphylla ecaudata) lack the second upper molar and only have 20. (Nowak, 1997)
www.wfiu.indiana.edu/amos/library/scripts/vampirebat.html

ADW: Diaemus youngi: Information
The other two vampire bat species (Desmodus rotundus and Diphylla ecaudata) lack the second upper molar and only have 20. (Nowak, 1997)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Diaemus_youngi.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