Fossil vampire bat skull

3D Model

Species: Desmodus stocki

This fossil is the type specimen for an extinct species of vampire bat. It is larger than the other known species of vampire bats. It has been found with giant ground sloth fossils, which suggests that these bats were reliant on them. This species of vampire bat is also known from sites in Virginia, suggesting it ranged well north of the modern species that are predominately tropical or subtropical in habitat.