''Promops'' is a genus of
free-tailed bat
The Molossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera.
The Molossidae is the fourth-largest family of bats, containing about 110 species as of 2012. They are generally quite robust, and consist of many strong-flyi ...
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Species
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Promops centralis
The big crested mastiff bat (''Promops centralis''), is a bat species from South and Central America.
Taxonomy
It was described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype was collected by George F. Gaumer, and ...
'' - big crested mastiff bat
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Promops davisoni
''Promops davisoni'' is a species of free-tailed bat in the family Molossidae. It was first described by Oldfield Thomas in 1921. While thought of as a subspecies of the big crested mastiff bat (''Promops centralis'') by scientists from roughly ...
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Promops nasutus
The brown mastiff bat (''Promops nasutus''), is a bat species found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=n ...
'' - brown mastiff bat
References
Molossidae
Bat genera
Taxa named by Paul Gervais
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