Hairy-legged vampire bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hairy-legged vampire bat lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Diphylla ecaudata
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Mass	33.5 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the hairy-legged vampire bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hairy-legged vampire bat in 3 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Tucuruí.

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 hairy-legged vampire bat?

Wikidata records the following for the hairy-legged vampire bat: mass 33.5 g (adult weight).

Is the hairy-legged vampire bat endangered?

The hairy-legged 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 hairy-legged vampire bat?

The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Diphylla. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hairy-legged vampire bat

The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. It is the sole member of the genus Diphylla.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hairy-legged vampire bat (revision 1380717590), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q717028 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).