Desmodus is a genus of bats which—along with the genera Diaemus and Diphylla—are allied as the subfamily Desmodontinae, the carnivorous, blood-consuming vampire bats of the New World leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae. The type species was previously described with the name Phyllostoma rotundus by Étienne Geoffroy in 1810.
::* Desmodus draculae – giant vampire bat, extinct,
::* Desmodus rotundus – common vampire bat, extant,
:::* Desmodus rotundus puntajudensis (Desmodus puntajudensis) - Cuban vampire bat, extinct,
::* Desmodus stocki – Stock's vampire bat, extinct.