Vol. 12 No. 3 (2021)

Hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphyla eucaudata) is found mainly on the slopes of the Gulf of Mexico southwardt to South America. It is considered that it feeds mainly on the blood from different types of birds. Within the vampire species, it is not very common among the three existing (photo: Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda).