Desmodus

Desmodus
A blood-feeding genus of Chiroptera, known generally as vampire bats, found in Trinidad, Mexico, and Central and South America; D. artibaeus, D. rotundus, and D. rufus, three species present in Trinidad and South America, are reservoir hosts of rabies virus. [desmo- + G. odous, tooth]

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Des·mo·dus dez-'mōd-əs n a monotypic genus of a subfamily (Desmodontinae of the family Phyllostomidae) containing a common So. American vampire bat (D. rotundus)

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Des·mo·dus (dez-moґdəs) a genus of vampire bats of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies. D. rotunґdus is the most common species.

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