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title: "Hairy-legged Vampire Bat"
description: "Diphylla ecaudata — Mammiferi. The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hairy-legged-vampire-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

> Diphylla ecaudata — Mammiferi. The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats.

- Scientific name: *Diphylla ecaudata*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 256
- Wikidata: [Q717028](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717028)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41180](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41180)

## Names

- en: Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
- de: Kammzahnvampir
- es: Vampiro pata peluda
- fr: Vampire à pattes velues
- nl: Ruigpootvampier

## Countries with the most observations

MX (132), BR (54), HN (21), BO (8), CO (8), SV (5), NI (4)

## Summary

The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also feed both on domestic birds and humans. This vampire bat lives mainly in tropical and subtropical forestlands of South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. It is the sole member of the genus Diphylla.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-legged_vampire_bat

## Photo

![Hairy-legged Vampire Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-legged-vampire-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320783463

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hairy-legged-vampire-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).