Big Crested Mastiff Bat vs pignut

Promops centralis compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Big Crested Mastiff Bat is Least Concern while pignut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Molossidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Promops	Mesosphaerum
Species	Promops centralis	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Big Crested Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Crested Mastiff Bat	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.