PaleoDB taxon number: 270550
Holotype: MUSB 152-85 PB, Skull, mandible, skelletal parts.
Collected by Omar J. Linares, 10-18 April 1965
Etymology: The species epithet of this largest known chiropteran vampire comemorates Count Dracula, the greatest human vampire of folklore.
Full reference: G. S. Morgan, O. J. Linares, and C. E. Ray. 1988. New species of fossil vampire bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Desmodontidae) from Florida and Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(4):912-928
Belongs to Desmodus according to G. S. Morgan et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Desmodus archaeodaptes, Desmodus rotundus, Desmodus stocki
Type specimen: MUSB 152-85 PB, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cueva del Guácharo, Caripe, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Venezuela.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): Braincase 21.1 x 14.8, Condylobasal length 29.7, Mandible length 21.9, Mandibular tooth row length 8.50, Matoid breadth width 15.2, Rostrum width 9.20, Skull length 31.2