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Desmodus rotundus rotundus  (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1148836

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Phyllostoma rotundum E. Geoffroy, 1810
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825 – New World leaf-nosed bats  
                                           SubfamilyDesmodontinae Wagner, 1840 – vampire bats  
                                              TribeDesmodontini Wagner, 1840 – vampire bats  
                                                 GenusDesmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826  
                                                    SpeciesDesmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) – Vampire Bat, Common Vampire Bat  
                                                       SubspeciesDesmodus rotundus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    South America  
       
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