Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825 - New-World leaf-nosed bats
         Subfamily Desmodontinae Bonaparte, 1845 - vampire bats
           Genus Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826 - common vampire bat
             1 Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy, 1810) - common vampire bat