Black Mastiff Bat vs Hard Alectryon

Molossus rufus compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Mastiff Bat	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Molossidae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Molossus	Alectryon
Species	Molossus rufus	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Black Mastiff Bat

LC — Least Concern

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Mastiff Bat	Hard Alectryon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

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

Black Mastiff Bat

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