Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 395 426 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy 1810) [Phyllostoma] rotundum E. Geoffroy 1810 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 181 . Type Locality: Paraguay , Asunción (restricted by Cabrera, 1958 ). Vernacular Names: Common Vampire Bat . Synonyms: Desmodus cinerea D'Orbigny 1834 ; Desmodus dorbignyi Waterhouse 1838 ; Desmodus ecaudatus Schinz 1821 ; Desmodus fuscus Burmeister 1854 ; Desmodus mordax Burmeister 1879 ; Desmodus murinus Wagner 1840 ; Desmodus rufus Wied-Neuwied 1824 . Distribution: Uruguay , N Argentina , Paraguay , Bolivia , and N Chile north to Sonora , Nuevo León and Tamaulipas ( Mexico ); Margarita Isl ( Venezuela ); Trinidad . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: See Greenhall et al. (1983) .