Big Crested Mastiff Bat vs dooryard sowbug

Promops centralis compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	dooryard sowbug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Isopoda (Isopoda)
Family	Molossidae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Promops	Porcellio
Species	Promops centralis	Porcellio laevis

Evolutionary Relationship

Big Crested Mastiff Bat and dooryard sowbug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	dooryard sowbug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

dooryard sowbug

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

The Big Crested Mastiff Bat (Promops centralis) is a species in the genus Promops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.