Mastiff bat

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:

Eumops, mastiff bats or bonneted bats
Mops (bat), greater mastiff bats, a genus of bats in the family Molossidae
Promops, dome-palate mastiff bats
Chaerephon (bat), lesser mastiff bats

and sometimes more loosely to the rest of the family.

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