Biology:Stock's vampire bat
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Short description: Extinct species of bat
| Stock's vampire bat Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Desmodus |
| Species: | †D. stocki
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| †Desmodus stocki Jones, 1958[1]
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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.[2][3] It weighed about 50% more than the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), and was also more robust.[4]
References
- ↑ Jones, J.K., Jr. (1958). "Pleistocene bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico". University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 9 (14): 389–396. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978493.
- ↑ "Desmodus stocki :: Florida Museum of Natural History". https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/desmodus-stocki/.
- ↑ "Stock's Vampire Bat - Desmodus stocki - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". http://eol.org/pages/4439072/overview.
- ↑ "Desmodus stocki". https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/desmodus-stocki/.
Wikidata ☰ Q16687644 entry
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