Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs hooked-pepperwort

Promops davisoni compared with Marsilea vestita

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while hooked-pepperwort is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	hooked-pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Molossidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Promops	Marsilea
Species	Promops davisoni	Marsilea vestita

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

hooked-pepperwort

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	hooked-pepperwort
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.

hooked-pepperwort

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

Distributed across Canada and Cuba. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.