Vampire Bats

WHAT ARE VAMPIRE BATS?• Like any other bat it sleeps during the day and it’s active during

the night or Nocturnal animal. A vampire bat is a mammal.

• The vampire bat has many differences from all other bats. You will see the driffences an more information in this Presentation.

WHERE IN THE W

ORLD DO THEY LIV

E?

Where DO THEY LIVE ?PART I

• VAMPIRE BATS LIVE IN:• Tropical and south central• South America• Mexico – Uruguay• Central Chile and Argentina• Some live on farms

WHERE DOES IT LIVE PART II • A vampire bat

can only be able to survive in warm climate which explains why some live near the Equator , in rain forests’ and warm places

WHERE DON’T THEY LIVE PART III

• One main reason that vampire bats can’t survive in cold weather is because they will die

What DO THE vampire

BATS CONSUME?

WHAT DO THEY CONSUME?

Vampire Bats Drink Mammal’s BLOOD

• The vampire bat will need to drink blood in order to survive.• They don’t like human blood only animal blood such as

horses , cows etc.• If there is no mammal near him/her it will starve so they will

drink the blood of the closest birds such as:Turkey Chickens

THE ATTACK

!

Process in which how vampire bats get their food

1. Vampire bats sore through

the sky looking for mammals

that are resting or laying down.

2. They land quietly in the ground then they “tiptoe” close to the mammal.

3. They cut the mammal’s skin

with their sharp teeth .

4.Finally they lick the blood of

the mammal.

Vampire BAT Charts

Charts% of rabies

Red=vampire bats that have rabies

and blue = the ones that don’t have

rabies

1MIN

4MIN

7MIN10M

IN13min

16min

19MIN22min

25min

28MIN

QUARTS OF BLOOD THAT THEY CONSUME

QUARTS

Line graph is showing how much blood does the vampire bat consume from 1min – 30min(each min the bat will drink about 166 quarts)

Food web and Pyramid

Anaconda , Black Caiman

Ocelot, Toucan , Vampire bat, Golden Lion Kinkaiou ,

Leaves , Leaf cutter , Poison Dark Frog

Vampire Facts

Size

Body Length: 2 ¾ inch

Wingspan: 8 inches

Weight 0.5-1.75 OZ

Breeding

Mating Season: All Year

No. of young: 1

Gestation: 6-8 months

Sexual maturity : 9 months

Life Style

Habit: Nocturnal.Lives in colonies with 100 bats

in each colonies

Diet: BLOOD

Lifespan: 9 years in wild20 years captivity

DesmodusRotundus

Diaemus Youngi

Diphylla Ecaudata

ALL 3 Spices

Order = Chiroptera

Resources

Vampire bat facts found in:Wild life fact- fileWild life explorerWikipediaEcoCheetah Wiki