What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Davy's Naked-backed Bat been recorded?

Pteronotus davyi occurrence evidence comes from 637 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1906 to 2015. Most records come from Mexico.

Davy's Naked-backed Bat
Davy's Naked-backed Bat — Photo (display-sized rendition): Daniel Giraud Elliot · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaChiropteraMormoopidaePteronotus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

637 records across 10 countries and territories, 1906–2015.

Pteronotus davyi · GBIF taxon key 5218622

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19062015

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Davy's Naked-backed Bat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Davy's Naked-backed Bat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Mexico 410
Venezuela 150
Trinidad & Tobago 19
Guatemala 16
Peru 14
Costa Rica 12
Dominica 11
Nicaragua 3
Belize 1
Panama 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.