Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusDesmodus
- SpeciesDesmodus rotundus (Vampire Bat)
Closest Relatives at Anavilhanas National Park
MacConnell's bat
Mesophylla macconnelli
Greater Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx kappleri
Proboscis Bat
Rhynchonycteris naso
Lesser Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx macrotis
Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx leptura
Chestnut Sac-winged Bat
Cormura brevirostris
Shaggy Bat
Centronycteris maximiliani
greenhall's dog-faced bat
Cynomops greenhalli
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Black Mastiff Bat
Molossus rufus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Vampire Bat at Anavilhanas National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there