Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Ferny Azolla

Promops davisoni compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Ferny Azolla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Molossidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Promops	Azolla
Species	Promops davisoni	Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).