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''Vampyriscus'' (meaning: small vampire bat) is a genus of
bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
s in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. There are three species previously included in the genus ''
Vampyressa ''Vampyressa'' is a genus of bats in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. They are known commonly as the yellow-eared bats or yellow-eared vampire bats.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chir ...
''. The two genera are differentiated by the morphology of their bones and teeth and the pattern of their
pelage A fur is a soft, thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath. The guard hair keeps moisture from reaching the skin; the underfur acts as an ...
.Tavares, V., et al. (2014)
Systematics of ''Vampyressa melissa'' Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of ''Vampyressa''.
''American Museum Novitates'' 3813 1-17.
Phylogenetic analyses In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life using observable characteristics of organisms (or genes), which is known as Computational phylogenetics, phylogenetic inference. It infers the relationship among organ ...
support the separation of the genera. Older sources recognize ''Vampyriscus'' as a subgenus of ''Vampyressa''.Wilson, D. E. and D. M. Reeder, Editors
''Vampyressa''.
''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. 3rd Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Species: *'' Vampyriscus bidens'' – bidentate yellow-eared bat *'' Vampyriscus brocki'' – Brock's yellow-eared bat *''
Vampyriscus nymphaeus ''Vampyriscus nymphaeus'' is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. It is known commonly as the striped yellow-eared bat. It is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras Honduras ...
'' – striped yellow-eared bat


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''Vampyriscus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) {{Taxonbar, from=Q28154898 Bat genera Phyllostomidae Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas