Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs false broom

Promops davisoni compared with Brachypodium sylvaticum

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while false broom is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	false broom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Molossidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Promops	Brachypodium
Species	Promops davisoni	Brachypodium sylvaticum

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

false broom

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	false broom
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

false broom

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Sri Lanka, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Brazil).