Promops davisoni

O. Thomas, 1921

Davison's 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

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1921-07-01. A new bat of the genus Promops from Peru. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(43):139.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196302

Original name as described

Promops davisoni

Other common names

Davison's Free-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.5.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b86fa46a-3008-436a-8812-a3147587a6f7

Type locality

"Chosica, 2700' [= 823 m]," Lima, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru · Chile

Taxonomy notes

split from P. centralis

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005257

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Promops davisoni

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Molossidae

Root name

davisoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.5.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b86fa46a-3008-436a-8812-a3147587a6f7

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196302

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88087551/88087580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Promops centralis davisoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Molossidae

Root name

davisoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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