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Common vampire bat

Desmodus rotundus

Kubuhlungu njeKubuhlungu, kodwa akusayi kukwenzakalisa kakhulu.

Izilwanyana ezincancisayo ezinetyhefu

UkulumaSitya: Inyama

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The common vampire bat is a small bat that feeds on the blood of mammals, mostly farm animals such as cattle and horses. It lives in the Americas, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and it is one of only three vampire bat species in the world. It matters because it can carry rabies and is considered a pest by farmers.1

Sihlala

Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad (also Margarita)1

uMntla Melika, uMzantsi Melika

Ekhaya

It prefers warm, humid climates and uses tropical and subtropical woodlands and open grasslands for feeding. It roosts in trees, caves, abandoned buildings, old wells and mines, and it is the most common bat species in southeastern Brazil.1

Ubude

9 cm (3,5 in)1

Ubunzima

25 g ukuya ku-40 g (0,9 oz ukuya ku-1,4 oz)1

Esona santya siphezulu

malunga ne-20 km/h (12 mph)

Ukubhabha, uqikelelo nje

Sitya ntoni?

It feeds mainly on the blood of mammals, especially livestock. It approaches sleeping prey at night, cuts a small flap of skin with its razor-sharp teeth, and laps up the blood with its tongue.1

Ifoto ka-Common vampire bat — Common vampire bat. Ifoto: Tomás Carranza Perales. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

Short-haired fur, silver-grey on the underside and darker on the back1
Flat, leaf-shaped nose and a deeply grooved lower lip1
A well-developed, clawed thumb on each wing, longer than in its relatives1
Average body length of about 9 cm, with an 18 cm wingspan1
Can run and leap on the ground, using its wings to push forward1

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: The hairy-legged vampire bat and the white-winged vampire bat look very similar. The common vampire bat can be told apart by its longer thumb, and it feeds on mammal blood far more often than the other two, which mostly feed on birds.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ukuluma

Ityhefu iphuma ngamazinyo aso etyhefu okanye ngamazinyo aso xa siluma.

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: KubuhlunguKunokuba buhlungu ngokwenene, kodwa phantse akusoze kube kubi kakhulu.

The bat is a carrier of rabies, and the danger is mostly to livestock rather than to people. Any person who wakes to find a vampire bat in their sleeping quarters should seek medical attention, and young children may not fully wake up during a bite.1

Ukuba siyaluma

Anyone who wakes to find a vampire bat in their sleeping area should get medical attention. Bats should be avoided and not handled, and they should not be kept in living spaces.1
Hlamba inxeba kakuhle kwaye ufumane uncedo lwezonyango.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
Ukuba siyakuluma: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Phi emhlabeni?

IAfrika IAsiya IYurophu uMntla Melika uMzantsi Melika IOstreliya neOceania

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Sinzima kangakanani?

ubunzima obulingana neziqhobosho zephepha eziyi-40

ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-3 zilandelelanasingabhabha siwele ibala lebhola ekhatywayo lonke ngemizuzwana eyi-19

U-Common vampire bat mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

Impukane yasendlwini malunga ne-7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Common vampire bat malunga ne-20 km/h (12 mph)

Umntu obaleka ngamandla malunga ne-37 km/h (23 mph)

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

Its saliva contains an anticoagulant called Draculin, named after Count Dracula, which keeps the blood from clotting while it feeds.1

A genetically engineered drug based on the anticoagulant in its saliva, called desmoteplase, has been shown to increase blood flow in stroke patients.1

Heat sensors in its nose help it find blood vessels close to the surface of the skin.1

It has the fewest teeth of any bat, and its upper incisors have no enamel, which keeps them sharp.1

Vampire bats share food with each other, and a bat that is well fed will regurgitate blood to a hungry roost-mate, mostly to its own young.1

It hunts at night and can travel 5 to 8 km from its roost to find food.1

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi: Desmodus rotundus
Iqela: Izilwanyana ezincancisayo ezinetyhefu
Usapho: Phyllostomidae2
Ucwangco: Chiroptera
Amazwekazi: uMntla Melika, uMzantsi Melika
Iintsana: Females give birth to one offspring per pregnancy after a gestation period of about seven months.1
Imeko yaso endle: Least Concern1
Ingozi ebantwini: 2 / 5: Kubuhlungu3

Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

Common vampire bat (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Desmodus rotundus (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
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