common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) Vampires by C. E. Swan -- Cuthbert Edmund Swan (1870-1931)
Desmodus rufus syn. Desmodus rotundus
Date 1909
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Author Frank Finn
Full title The wild beasts of the world / by Frank Finn ; illustrated with 100 reproductions in full colours from drawings by Louis Sargent, Cuthbert E. Swan, and Winifred Austin.
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The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. The common vampire bat mainly feeds on the blood of livestock, approaching its prey at night while they are sleeping. It uses its razor-sharp teeth to cut open the skin of its hosts and laps up their blood with its long tongue.