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Diphylla ecaudata), and the white-winged vampire bat (
Diaemus youngi). Scientists also believe that all alive, and extinct, species emerged from the same ancestors.
Interestingly, despite the associations of the vampire bats with dracula, D. draculae is not found in Europe, where the origin of the legend is based.
“They are the only family of bats in the world [that] arouses curiosity from the legends of the Transylvania and its creepy Count Dracula,” paleontologist Mariano Magnussen of the Paleontological Laboratory of the Miramar Museum of Natural Sciences in Argentina, said.
However, “in reality, they are peaceful animals that feed on the blood of animals, and sometimes humans, for a few minutes without causing discomfort… The only bad thing is that they can transmit rabies or other diseases if they are infected. Surely their prehistoric representatives had similar behaviors.”
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