Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs fetterbush

Promops davisoni compared with Lyonia lucida

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while fetterbush is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	fetterbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Molossidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Promops	Lyonia
Species	Promops davisoni	Lyonia lucida

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

fetterbush

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	fetterbush
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.

fetterbush

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.