Editing Thermoception (section)

=== In vampire bats ===
{{main|Infrared sensing in vampire bats}}
The [[Common vampire bat]] has specialized infrared sensors in its nose-leaf.<ref name="Kürten_1984">{{cite journal | vauthors = Kürten L, Schmidt U, Schäfer K | title = Warm and cold receptors in the nose of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus | journal = Die Naturwissenschaften | volume = 71 | issue = 6 | pages = 327–328 | date = June 1984 | pmid = 6472483 | doi = 10.1007/BF00396621 | bibcode = 1984NW.....71..327K }}</ref><ref name="Gracheva_2011">{{cite journal | vauthors = Gracheva EO, Cordero-Morales JF, González-Carcacía JA, Ingolia NT, Manno C, Aranguren CI, Weissman JS, Julius D | title = Ganglion-specific splicing of TRPV1 underlies infrared sensation in vampire bats | journal = Nature | volume = 476 | issue = 7358 | pages = 88–91 | date = August 2011 | pmid = 21814281 | pmc = 3535012 | doi = 10.1038/nature10245 }}</ref> Vampire bats are the only mammals that feed exclusively on blood. The infrared sense enables Desmodus to localize homeothermic (warm-blooded) animals ([[cattle]], [[horses]], wild mammals) within a range of about 10 to 15&nbsp;cm. This [[Infrared sensing in vampire bats|infrared perception]] is possibly used in detecting regions of maximal blood flow on targeted prey.