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Feeding on blood is a challenge for Desmodus rotundus because this dietary source is constituted at ca. 80% by a liquid phase, and the remaining dry-matter phase is overwhelmingly dominated by proteins (~93%) and with carbohydrate traces (only ~1%).

" infrared sensing capacity for the identification of easily accessible blood vessels in prey, renal adaptations to the high protein content in its diet5 (such as a high glomerular filtration rate and effective urea excretion). Furthermore, given the high risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens, another important trait in the vampire bat is its immune system "

Sequencing of the nuclear DNA genome of Desmodus rotundus has been completed in 2018. Genome analysis showed that the xxx gene, a xxx activator of xxx, has undergone massive nucleotide change, likely contributing to …