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Hairy-legged vampire bat

Diphylla ecaudata

名字的由來： Diphylla comes from Latin words meaning 'double leaf', and ecaudata means 'without a tail'.1

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

有毒液的哺乳動物

咬吃：肉

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The hairy-legged vampire bat is a small bat that feeds on blood. It mainly drinks the blood of wild birds, but it also feeds on mammals, including humans and cattle. It lives in tropical forests across Central and South America and southern Mexico.1

分布在

Tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America, and southern Mexico1

北美洲, 南美洲

首頁

It roosts in sheltered places during the day, with caves and mines as its preferred roosts. It may also use hollow trees. It can be found from sea level up to about 1,900 m.1

長度

7,5 cm 到 9,3 cm (3 in 到 3,7 in)1

體重

24 g 到 43 g (0,8 oz 到 1,5 oz)1

最高速度

大約 20 km/h（12 mph）

飛行, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It feeds on the blood of vertebrates, mainly wild birds, and also on mammals such as humans and cattle.1

Hairy-legged vampire bat 的照片 — Hairy-legged vampire bat。照片：Ericson Cernawsky Igual。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

Small bat, with a head and body length of 7.5 to 9.3 cm1
Has no tail1
Broad, short ears1
Short thumb with no pad, and large, shiny eyes1
Dark brown back, with lighter fur underneath and long, soft fur1

常被誤認為： It is similar in appearance to the common vampire bat. It has broad, short ears, a padless short thumb and large, shiny eyes. It also has more teeth than the common vampire bat, with 26 compared to 18.1

毒液力量

咬

咬的時候，毒液會從毒牙或牙齒出來。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

It feeds on human blood, as well as on the blood of birds and cattle. It may be able to pass on rabies while feeding on cattle, as the common vampire bat can.1

如果牠咬人

把傷口徹底洗乾淨，並且就醫。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠咬了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 43 根迴紋針一樣重

跟 3 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 19 秒內飛過一整座足球場

Hairy-legged vampire bat 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻家蠅 大約 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Hairy-legged vampire bat 大約 20 km/h (12 mph)

一個正在衝刺的人 大約 37 km/h (23 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Bats share food with one another by regurgitating blood, passing it mouth to mouth.1

Pups are born with their eyes open and a set of baby teeth.1

A single female was found in an abandoned railway tunnel in Texas, about 700 km north of its known range.1

Its brain is about two-thirds the size of the common vampire bat's brain, by mass.1

破解迷思

迷思： It only feeds on birds, so it cannot spread rabies.

真相： It also feeds on mammals, including humans and cattle, and it may be able to transmit rabies while feeding on cattle.1

給毒液專家

學名: Diphylla ecaudata
類群: 有毒液的哺乳動物
家人: Phyllostomidae2
排序: Chiroptera
各大洲: 北美洲, 南美洲
寶寶: Females usually give birth to one pup after a pregnancy of about 5.5 months.1
牠在野外的狀況: Least Concern1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3