Common vampire bat  (Desmodus rotundus)

Species information

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Range

The common vampire bat ranges from northern Mexico through Central and South America to central Chile in the west and Uruguay in the east (1).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Found in arid and humid parts of the tropics and subtropics, occupying rainforests as well as deserts, making its home in caves, mines, tree hollows and occasionally abandoned buildings (1) (8).

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