Field card
Cave boss
[Common Vampire Bat render]
Common Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
- Lives:
- Caves and hollow trees in Mexico, Central and South America
- Size:
- Body about 7 to 9 cm long
- Eats:
- Blood, mostly from cattle and horses
- Status:
- Least Concern (IUCN)
Common Vampire Bat facts
- It shares blood meals with roost-mates who went hungry.
- Unusually for a bat, it can walk and even run on the ground.
- Its saliva stops blood from clotting and is studied for medicine.
Myth: Vampire bats suck blood.
Fact: They make a tiny cut and lap the blood with their tongues.
In Word Biome
The Common Vampire Bat is the boss at the end of the Cave world, where it goes by the Vampire Bat. Tap it during a fight to open this field card.
Boss
Sources
Checked against: IUCN Red List, Smithsonian.