Mastiff Bat

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The name Mastiff Bat is applied to certain species of the bat family Molossidae or so called Free-tailed Bats. It is usually applied specifically to the following genera:

  • Chaerephon (Lesser Mastiff Bats)
  • Eumops (Mastiff Bats, or Bonneted Bats)
  • Mops (Greater Mastiff Bats)
  • Promops (Dome-palate Mastiff Bats)

and sometimes more loosely to the rest of this family.