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

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

native to

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, farther 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 Latin America. It is one of three extant species of vampire bat, the other two being the hairy-legged and the white-winged vampire bats. The common vampire bat ...

(''Desmodus rotundus''), and was also more robust and 15-20% larger in size.

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