Common Vampire Bat
Field guide
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Common Vampire Bat

Desmodus rotundus

Overview

Tortuguero, Corcovado and Monteverde are among the five atlas places where the Common Vampire Bat is recorded. Its records concentrate in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana and Guatemala, and the atlas map follows where these 1,177 records from 21 countries cluster.

Recorded seasons differ by region for Desmodus rotundus, and each place page shows the months where it was documented.

Records
1,177
Countries
21
Atlas places
5
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Common Vampire Bat as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 623 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 220 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 81 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guyana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 79 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guatemala
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 44 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 25 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 23 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Peru
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Bolivia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 25 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Paraguay
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 19 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Common Vampire Bat