Promops nasutus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:

Promops nasutus

Species Authority:

(Spix, 1823)

Common Name/s:

English

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Brown Mastiff Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

Includes pamana; see Goodwin and Greenhall (1961). May include davisoni; see Freeman (1981).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Barquez, R. & Diaz, M.
Reviewer/s:	Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyanas, Surinam, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Northern Argentina (Simmons 2005).
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Ecuador; Guyana; Paraguay; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	Uncommon species (Barquez pers. comm.). Only six specimens collected (Barquez pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no information on habitat and ecology.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats throughout its range.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats throughout its range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Research actions.

Conservation Actions:

Research actions.

Bibliography [top]

	Freeman, P. W. 1981. A Multivariate Study of the Family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): Morphology, Ecology, Evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology 7: 1-173. Goodwin, G. G. and Greenhal, A. M. 1961. A review of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122(3): 187-302. Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Freeman, P. W. 1981. A Multivariate Study of the Family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): Morphology, Ecology, Evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology 7: 1-173.

Goodwin, G. G. and Greenhal, A. M. 1961. A review of the bats of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 122(3): 187-302.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Barquez, R. & Diaz, M. 2008. Promops nasutus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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