''Desmodus stocki'', or Stock's vampire bat, is an extinct species of

vampire bat Vampire bats, members of the subfamily Desmodontinae, are Phyllostomidae, leaf-nosed bats currently found in Central and South America. Their food source is the blood of other animals, a dietary trait called hematophagy. Three extant bat species ...

native to

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, inhabiting states including

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, and

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, further north than any living vampire bats. It weighed about 50% more than the

common vampire bat The common vampire bat (''Desmodus rotundus'') is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other two being the Hairy-legged vampire bat, hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats ...

(''Desmodus rotundus''), and was also more robust.

References

stocki Pleistocene bats Pleistocene mammals of North America Fossil taxa described in 1958 Mammals described in 1958 Vampire bats {{leafnosed-bat-stub