Biology:Cuban vampire bat

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Cuban vampire bat
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Late Holocene
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Desmodus puntajudensis
Woloszyn & Mayo, 1974

The Cuban vampire bat (Desmodus puntajudensis) is an extinct species of vampire bat that was described as native to Cuba during the late Pleistocene[1][2][3], but is now considered a synonym of the common vampire bat (D. rotundus)[4], with fossil remains that date to the late Holocene[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q29017937 entry