''Desmodus stocki'', or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of
vampire bat native to
Pleistocene
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Florida
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, farther north than any living vampire bats.
It weighed about 50% more than the
common vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus''), and was also more robust and 15-20% larger in size.
References
stocki
Pleistocene bats
Pleistocene mammals of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1958
Mammals described in 1958
Vampire bats
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