NEW RECORD OF THE VAMPIRE DESMODUS DRACULAE (CHIROPTERA) FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF ARGENTINA

Authors

  • Santiago Brizuela Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CONICET, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Mar del Plata, Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-1824
  • Daniel A. Tassara Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales Pachamama, Santa Clara del Mar, Buenos, Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.30.12.2020.3379

Keywords:

Vampire, Bat, Desmodontinae, Dentary, Miramar

Abstract

Only two giant vampire fossils are so far recognize at mid latitude in the late Pleistocene of South America. Both considered with reasonable doubt (cf., aff.) to Desmodus draculae. Here, a recently recovered dentary form the late Pleistocene of southeastern Buenos Aires, is confidently assigned to D. draculae. During the late Pleistocene D. draculae had a large distribution from Mexico to central Argentina, larger than that of extant D. rotundus.

Additional Files

Published

2021-04-30

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2021)

Section

Paleontological Notes

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How to Cite

NEW RECORD OF THE VAMPIRE DESMODUS DRACULAE (CHIROPTERA) FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF ARGENTINA. (2021). Ameghiniana, 58(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.30.12.2020.3379