Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Diaemus youngi: first record for the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil

Diaemus youngi is one of the three species of extant Neotropical hematophagous bats (Greenhall and Schutt Jr. 1996). Morphologically, it differs from the other two vampires in the lack of a calcaneum and a tail, and it also has white wing tips (Nowak 1994). Both sexes of this species possess cup-shaped scent glands located bilaterally inside the mouth, which emit an offensive odor (Greenhall and Schutt Jr. 1996). Its diet comprises mostly avian blood (Bredt et al. 1998).