Desmodus puntajudensis Woloszyn & Mayo, 1974
Cuban vampire bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Desmodus rotundus puntajudensis Woloszyn & Mayo, 1974
Now considered a synonym of D. rotundus (Orihuela, 2011).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Distribution
Cuba
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype: at CZACC
Type locality: "Cueva del Centenario de Lenin, Punta Judas, Villa Clara Province (formerly Las Villas), Cuba"
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Woloszyn, B. W. and Mayo, N. A. (1974). Postglacial remains of a vampire bat (Chiroptera: Desmodus) from Cuba. Acta Zool. Cracoviensia 19: 253-265.
Other references:
Ignacio Ramos García and Rafael Borroto Páez. (2000). Ejemplares tipo de mamíferos en colecciones cubanas. Orsis 15: 75-89.
Orihuela, J. (2011). Skull variation of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae): taxonomic implications for the Cuban fossil vampire bat Desmodus puntajudensis. Chiroptera Neotropi). Chiroptera Neotropical 17(1): 963-976.
Suarez, William. (2005). Taxonomic Status of the Cuban Vampire Bat (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Desmodontinae: Desmodus). Caribbean Journal of Science 41(4): 761-767.