Promops centralis
O. Thomas, 1915
Big Crested Mastiff Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Molossidae |
| Subfamily | : Molossinae |
| Genus | : Promops |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1915-07-01. On bats of the genus Promops. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)16(91):61-64.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003680Original name as described
Promops centralis
Other common names
Big-crested Free-tailed Bat · Crested Mastiff Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1894.2.5.4
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/39370797-205c-4ebb-b52e-3d7e515310ad https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/83feaecb-7cba-460f-9f27-69f781180025Type locality
"N. Yucatan [Mexico], Central America."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. davisoni
Taxonomy notes citation
Gregorin, R., & Chiquito, E. A. (2010). Revalidation of Promops davisoni Thomas (Molossidae). Chiroptera Neotropical, 16(1), 648-660.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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