brown mastiff bat

{{Short description|Species of mammal}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Brown mastiff bat

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal| last1=Barquez| first1= R.| last2= Diaz| first2= M.| year= 2015| title= Promops nasutus| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| volume= 2015| page= e.T18341A22035986| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T18341A22035986.en| doi-access= free}}

| genus = Promops

| species = nasutus

| authority = Spix, 1823

| range_map = Promops nasutus map.svg

| range_map_caption = 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.{{citation

| last = Simmons

| first = Nancy B.

| contribution = Chiroptera

| pages = 312–529

| title=Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed)

| editor-last = Wilson

| editor-first = Don E.

| editor2-last = Reeder

| editor2-first = DeeAnn M.

| url = https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13801747

| publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press

| place = Baltimore

| year=2005

| isbn = 978-0-8018-8221-0

| accessdate = 12 September 2009}}