Davison’s Mastiff Bat vs small scabious

Promops davisoni compared with Scabiosa columbaria

Key Differences

• Davison’s Mastiff Bat is Data Deficient while small scabious is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	small scabious
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Molossidae	Caprifoliaceae
Genus	Promops	Scabiosa
Species	Promops davisoni	Scabiosa columbaria

Conservation Status

Davison’s Mastiff Bat

DD — Data Deficient

small scabious

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Davison’s Mastiff Bat	small scabious
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.

small scabious

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.