Stock's vampire bat

Stock's vampire bat; Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Desmodus
Species:	†D. stocki
Binomial name
	†Desmodus stocki; Jones, 1958

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 and 15-20% larger in size. ^[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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Desmodus stocki :: Florida Museum of Natural History".
^ "Stock's Vampire Bat - Desmodus stocki - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life".
^ "Desmodus stocki".

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[1] 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] "Desmodus stocki :: Florida Museum of Natural History".

[3] "Stock's Vampire Bat - Desmodus stocki - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life".

[4] "Desmodus stocki".

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