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title: "Guatemalan Tiger Rump Tarantula"
description: "Davus pentaloris — Insetti e ragni. Davus pentaloris, commonly called the Guatemalan tiger rump, is a terrestrial species of New World tarantula (family Theraphosidae) native to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/guatemalan-tiger-rump-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Guatemalan Tiger Rump Tarantula

> Davus pentaloris — Insetti e ragni. Davus pentaloris, commonly called the Guatemalan tiger rump, is a terrestrial species of New World tarantula (family Theraphosidae) native to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Davus pentaloris*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 371
- Wikidata: [Q27505624](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27505624)
- iNaturalist taxon: [474369](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/474369)

## Names

- en: Guatemalan Tiger Rump Tarantula
- es: Tarántula tigre mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (119), SV (97), GT (11)

## Summary

Davus pentaloris, commonly called the Guatemalan tiger rump, is a terrestrial species of New World tarantula (family Theraphosidae) native to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. Davus was at one time considered to be a synonym of Cyclosternum, and its species were placed in that genus, but this is no longer accepted.
D. pentaloris has been found to display high morphological variation across its widespread distribution. Due to the typically low dispersal capability of tarantulas and associated high levels of local endemism this led to a hypothesis of hidden diversity within the species, with the high morphological…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davus_pentaloris

## Photo

![Guatemalan Tiger Rump Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guatemalan-tiger-rump-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: uriel Gomez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/360935420

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/guatemalan-tiger-rump-tarantula?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).