Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs Indian Jointvetch

Promops davisoni compared with Aeschynomene indica

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while Indian Jointvetch is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Indian Jointvetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Molossidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Promops	Aeschynomene
Species	Promops davisoni	Aeschynomene indica

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Indian Jointvetch

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	Indian Jointvetch
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.

Indian Jointvetch

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 6 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (9 countries), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).