Diphylla (Noun)
Meaning
Vampire bats.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Diphylla is a genus of vampire bats consisting of one species, the common vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata.
- Diphylla ecaudata are relatively rare vampire bats compared to the common vampire bats from other genera.
- There is one identified species of the Diphylla genus that consists of medium-sized vampire bats.
- Some sources refer to Diphylla as one of the two true vampire bat genera in the world along with Desmodus.
- A group of vampire bats consisting of the genus Diphylla primarily feeds on the blood of birds rather than mammals.