Vampire Bat Rabies in the Americas
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Vampire bats belong to the Desmodontidae family. Three species live in tropical and sub-tropical America. The most important one is Desmodus rotundus a medium size bat (Figure 1). These bats feed on blood of vertebrates and are very adapted to this diet. They take nearly 15ml of blood per meal. They live in colonies in humid caves or in splits of trees. In the colony, they show strong social links with grooming and licking behaviour, sharing alimentary resources (the individuals that have fed during the night regurgitate blood for the ones that could not feed). Figure 1: Desmodus rotundus, the most common vampire bat.
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