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Vampire bats feed on the blood of mammals and birds.
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Is it true that Vampire bats feed on the blood of mammals and birds?
Yes. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state that vampire bats feed on blood, with several explicitly naming mammal hosts such as cattle, pigs, and horses as well as birds. The claim that vampire bats feed on the blood of mammals and birds is directly supported.
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Vampire bat - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat
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Vampire. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire
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In Cold Blood: Compositional Bias and Positive Selection Drive the High Evolutionary Rate of Vampire Bats Mitochondrial Genomes. (2018). sde.hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy120
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Vampire Bat | National Geographic Kids. (n.d.). kids.nationalgeographic.com. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/vampire-bat
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Penguins, Falcons, and Mountain Lions: The Extraordinary Host Diversity of Vampire Bats. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54727-1_10
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Gene losses in the common vampire bat illuminate molecular adaptations to blood feeding. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm6494
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Viral Communities Among Sympatric Vampire Bats and Cattle. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1297-y
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Data from: Vampire bats in Belize harbor multiple Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes: implications for parasite transmission at the wildlife–domestic–human interface. (2026). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.sj3tx96jz
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Data from: Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats. (2017). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.65p70
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Becker, D. J., Chumchal, M. M., Bentz, A. B., Platt, S. G., Czirják, G. Á., & Rainwater, T. R. (2017). Predictors and immunological correlates of sublethal mercury exposure in vampire bats. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170073
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Marina, E., Blanca, T., & Edith, R. (2018). Viral Communities Among Sympatric Vampire Bats and Cattle. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13467882
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