served as a watering point for the US Navy, diverting water from an underground source on the island. After World War II, the British administration moved to Honiara, Guadalcanal. Fauna The Florida naked-tailed rat – possibly extinct – was endemic to the Nggela Islands. The black rat was introduced. Other animals include: dark sheath-tailed bat diadem leaf-nosed bat dwarf flying fox Geoffroy's rousette great bent-winged bat island tube-nosed fruit bat long-tongued nectar bat Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat Woodford's fruit bat References External links Map including the Nggela Islands (labelled as Florida Islands) Islands of the Solomon Islands Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean