Black Mastiff Bat
Field guide
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Black Mastiff Bat

Molossus rufus

Overview

Osa Peninsula is the atlas place where the Black Mastiff Bat is recorded, with records gathering most thickly in Mexico, Paraguay, Argentina, Guyana and Suriname. The atlas holds about 430 open records of this mammal from 16 countries.

Recorded seasons differ by region because this species occurs in both hemispheres. Each place page in the atlas shows the particular months when it is recorded there.

Records
430
Countries
16
Atlas places
1
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Black Mastiff Bat as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 247 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Paraguay
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 61 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Argentina
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 41 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guyana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 16 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • El Salvador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Suriname
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Black Mastiff Bat