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UBI - Vampyrum spectrum - Spanish
URL: http://www.inbio.ac.cr/bims/ubi/mamiferos/ubiespejo/ubiid=1532&-find.html

Distribución en Costa Rica: Hбbitats disponibles de tierras bajas y medias, tanto de la vertiente caribe como la pacнfica. Se encuentran desde el nivel del mar hasta los 1.550m.

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Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: False vampire bat (Vampyrum spectrum) - English
URL: http://brainmuseum.org/Specimens/chiroptera/falsevampire/

Physical characteristics and distribution. Description of the brain.

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Vampyrum: Linnaeus's False Vampire Bat, or Spectral Vampire - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/chiroptera/chiroptera.phyllostomidae.vampy

This is the largest New World bat; head and body length is about 125-35 mm, there is no tail, forearm length is about 100-108 mm, and the wingspan is usually 762-914 mm, but some measure as much as 1,016 mm. Adults weigh approximately 145-90 grams.

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