Desmodus rotundus

The common vampire ( Desmodus rotundus ) is one of the three species of bats vampires. It owes its name with the fact that it is Hématophage.

Distinctive characters

The bat vampire has peeling close-cropped and dark brilliance and brown on the top. Its wings are noirâtres with a gray or white and brown lower part. It has two outgrowths on the muzzle and has triangular ears. It does not have a tail. It is equipped with large upper incisors triangular very cutting.

Distribution

Central America and South America, in plain and until approximately 1500m of altitude.

Habitat

The vampire lives in the wet tropical forests (there or there are breedings), the gallery-forests, the meadows, the undergrowth and the gardens.

Behavior

The bat vampire is Hématophage and primarily drinks the blood of the animals “of farm” (Bovin S, équidé S…) and very seldom attacks the human ones. To feed, it is posed on deadened mammals, makes a small incision in the skin with its incisors and licks the blood which runs with its language. The wound being painless, the victim does not awake. The vampire can transmit the rabies virus.

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