Big crested mastiff bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Big crested mastiff bat Promops centralis Least concern

Where the big crested mastiff bat lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 73 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Big crested mastiff bat: Promops centralis-Thomas, 1915 — Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Promops centralis
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Molossidae

Where does the big crested mastiff bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the big crested mastiff bat in 4 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the big crested mastiff bat endangered?

The big crested mastiff bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the big crested mastiff bat?

The big crested mastiff bat (Promops centralis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Molossidae, genus Promops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the big crested mastiff bat

The big crested mastiff bat (Promops centralis) is a species of bat native to Central and South America.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Big crested mastiff bat (revision 1330190065), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1829340 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).