Crossword-Solution: DESMODUS 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
SLAORD
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BACK ___!
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The whole circumstance has lately been doubted in England; I was therefore fortunate in being present when one (Desmodus d'orbignyi, Wat.) was actually caught on a horse's back.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1997
The whole circumstance has lately been doubted in England; I was therefore fortunate in being present when one (Desmodus d’orbignyi, Wat.) was actually caught on a horse’s back.
Journal of Researches Charles Darwin 2001
Cuv.) 4 Large Bats; _Vampyrus spectrum_ (Linné) 6 Vampire Bats; _Desmodus rotundus_ (Geoff.) 22 5 Giant Catfish, Boom-boom; _Doras granulosus_ Valen.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 2008
Jones (1958:389-396) published an account of the bats of San Josecito, and described a new vampire bat, _Desmodus stocki_, from the cave.
Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Robert J. Russell 2010
There are two genera, _Desmodus_, without calcar or molars, and _Diphylla_, with a short calcar and a single rudimentary molar on each side--restricted to Central and South America.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 Various 2010