The basic Bat Facts

By Grace

What is a Bat?Bats are mammals

They give birth to live young

They nurse their young

They have fur

They are warm blooded

Bats are the only mammals that fly

Body of a Bat

Bats have fingers like us

Bat’s wings are made of membranes

Bat’s Latin name is chiroptera

Chiroptera means hand wing

Bats are adapted in special ways according to where they live and what they eat

How do Bats help us?

Bats pollinate flowers

They eat insects

They distribute seeds

Echolocation• Echolocation is a series of

high pitched clicks that bounces off of everything around the bats and sends sound waves back to the bat’s ears

• Bats have muscles in their ears that close when they send out the clicks so they won’t go deaf

• Echolocation is used for hunting ,to avoid obstacles and predators

Microbats

Microbats are the small insect eating bats

Microbats live in caves and mines

Microbats have small eyes and big ears

Microbats use echolocation to locate their food

Microbats eat fish, blood, insects, reptiles, other species and rodents

MegabatsMegabats are the big fruit eating bats

Megabats live in trees in the tropics

Megabats have dog like faces

Megabats have big eyes and small ears

Megabats do not use echolocation

Some megabats are called flying foxes because of their dog-like face