Diphylla ecaudata
von Spix, 1823
Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Noctilionoidea |
Family | : Phyllostomidae |
Subfamily | : Desmodontinae |
Tribe | : Diphyllini |
Genus | : Diphylla |
Species status
Authority citation
Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826997Original name as described
Diphylla ecaudata
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"Brasil." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Río San Francisco, Bahia, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
United States? · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil
Subregion distribution
USA(TX?)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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