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.