Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; PREFACE; EXORDIUM; THE EDITORS; CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Natural History of Vampire Bats; Chapter 2: Systematics and Distrubution; Chapter 3: Paleontology; Chapter 4: Genetics; Chapter 5: Anatomy; Chapter 6: Locomotion; Chapter 7: Social Organization and Behavior; Chapter 8: Reproduction; Chapter 9: Feeding Behavior; Chapter 10: Salivary Antihemostatic Factors; Chapter 11: Orientation and Sensory Function in Desmodus rotundus; Chapter 12: Transmission of Pathogenic Microorganisms by Vampire Bats
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Chapter 13: Parasites of Vampire BatsChapter 14: Economic Losses due to Desmodus rotundus; Chapter 15: Control of Vampire Bats; Chapter 16: Care of Vampire Bats in Captivity; Chapter 17: Man, Gods, and Legendary Vampire Bats; Index
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A major problem with vampire bats is that whatever information exists is scattered throughout the literature or is not recorded. There are some excellent books on the ecology and biology of bats with very little on vampire bats. This volume fills that gap to provide an in-depth presentation of these unique animals.