Solomons mastiff bat

The Solomons mastiff bat, Mops solomonis, is a bat in the family Molossidae that is endemic to the Solomon Islands. The Australian mammalogist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton described it in 1931 and probably chose the species name because the bat was first found in the Solomons. Some authors treat it as a subspecies of the northern freetail bat, Mops jobensis, and it has been known under the names Tadarida jobensis solomonis and Tadarida solomonis because its genus Chaerephon was once a subgenus of Tadarida. The forearm is 40.5 to 45 millimeters long, the fur is a rich auburn brown with a few scattered white hairs, and the tragus is broad and lobed. It is known from Choiseul Island and Santa Isabel Island and is assessed as endangered by the IUCN.