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 Braulio Carrillo National Park
White Bat
Ectophylla alba
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Vampyressa nymphaea
Vampyriscus nymphaea
Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyressa thyone
Northern Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat
Tonatia bakeri
Pale Spear-Nosed Bat
Phyllostomus discolor
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
MacConnell's bat
Mesophylla macconnelli
Hart's Fruit-eating Bat
Enchisthenes hartii
White-throated Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma silvicola
Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus helleri
Keenan's Hairy-nosed Bat
Gardnerycteris keenani
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Vampire Bat in Braulio Carrillo National Park?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Vampire Bat sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Vampire Bat in Braulio Carrillo National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Vampire Bat in Braulio Carrillo National Park in our monthly data.