A portrait of a Common Vampire Bat shows the detail of the face and
nose-leaf. The bat's heat detecting system is located on the nose-leaf.
Also evident are the tips of the upper incisors, the teeth used to make
the feeding wound.
(Fenton, Brock M. Bats. Oxford and NY: Facts on
File, 1992. p. 152)
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