After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Desmodontinae [Desmodontidae] (vampire bats; vampyyrit) |-- Diphylla ecaudata (hairylegged vampire bat) |-- Diaemus youngi (jalkapoimuvampyyri) `--o Desmodus (vampyyrit) |-- †D. stocki |-- [†]D. draculae `-- D. rotundus (isoverenimijä, vampyyri)
Reference(s):
- McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629
