Diaemus Miller, 1906. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 19:84
Desmodus youngi Jentink, 1893
Desmodon Elliot, 1905; Edostoma D'Orbigny, 1834-36.
References:
Anderson, S. 1997. Mammals of Bolivia: taxonomy and distribution. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 231: 1-652. Read article.
Greenhall, A.M. and W.A. Schutt, Jr. 1996. Diaemus youngii. Mammalian Species 533: 1-7. Read article.
Handley, C.O., Jr. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuela Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20(5): 1-89. Read article.
Miller, G.S., Jr. 1906. Twelve new genera of bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 19(1906): 83-86. Read article.
Diaemus youngii (Jentink, 1893).
Notes Leyden Mus 15: 282.
White-winged Vampire Bat
Desmodus youngii
youngii Jentink, 1893:
cypselinus Thomas, 1928.
Guyana, Berbice River, upper Canje Creek
Tamaulipas (Mexico) south through E Peru (excluding Belize and Guatemala), Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina, and E Brazil; Trinidad; Margarita Isl (Venezuela)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2015).
See Greenhall and Schutt (1996). The correct original spelling of the species epithet is "youngii"; see Kwon and Gardner (2007). Unvouchered in Honduras (Turcios-Casco et al., 2020).
References:
Greenhall, A.M. and W.A. Schutt, Jr. 1996. Diaemus youngii. Mammalian Species 533: 1-7. Read article.
Jentink, F.A. 1893. On a collection of bats from the West-Indes. Notes from the Leyden Museum 15: 278-283. Read article.
Kwon, M. and A.L. Gardner. 2008 [dated 2007]. Subfamily Desmodontinae. Pages 218-224 In A.L. Gardner (eds.) Mammals of South America, Volume I. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Read abstract.
Included in Desmodus by Handley (1976) and Anderson (1997), but more often treated as a distinct genus; see Greenhall and Schutt (1996).