Bat
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Microbat
All bats are flying mammals, not birds. Bats have been divided into two groups, microbats, which are small and use echolocation to find prey, and megabats, which are usually larger. Most microbats eat insects; larger microbats sometimes eat lizards, snakes, and small birds. Only three species, living in Central and…
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Horseshoe Bat
Horseshoe bats are small to medium-sized bats that live in many warm regions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Most of them have smooth, long fur that can be brown, black or bright orange-red. Horseshoe bats get their name from their horseshoe-shaped nose leaf. This nose leaf helps…
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Fruit Bat
Fruit bats, sometimes called flying foxes, are mammals that live in many warm parts of the world. They range from small bats, just 2 inches in length, to very large bats with a wingspan of 5 feet. While other bats are nocturnal, fruit bats can be seen during the day…
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Vampire Bat
Vampire Bats are bats whose food source is blood, a dietary trait called hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: The common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata), and the White-Winged Vampire Bat (Diaemus youngi). All three species are native to the Americas, ranging…
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