Common vampire bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common vampire bat lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Desmodus rotundus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	13 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	6 g (birth weight); 32.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the common vampire bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common vampire bat in 13 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Mexico.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common vampire bat?

Wikidata records the following for the common vampire bat: mass 6 g (birth weight); 32.5 g (adult weight).

Is the common vampire bat endangered?

The common vampire bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common vampire bat?

The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Desmodus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common vampire bat

The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common vampire bat (revision 1365164282), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q300981 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).