Big Crested Mastiff Bat vs Elephant Palm

Promops centralis compared with Borassus aethiopum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	Elephant Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Molossidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Promops	Borassus
Species	Promops centralis	Borassus aethiopum

Conservation Status

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	Elephant Palm
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.

Elephant Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Yemen.

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.