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Brown mastiff bat

The brown mastiff bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and northern Colombia.

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Length
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Brown mastiff bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Promops
Species:
P. nasutus
Binomial name
Promops nasutus
Spix, 1823
Brown mastiff bat range

The brown mastiff bat (Promops nasutus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and northern Colombia.12

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References

  1. Barquez, R.; Diaz, M. (2015). "Promops nasutus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T18341A22035986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18341A22035986.en.
  2. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 12 September 2009