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When you think of the bat’s thin wing membrane, it’s incredible it can fly at all. But they do. More than that, they are natural conservationists who do good for the environment by spreading seeds, growing forests, and boosting country economies by keeping insect populations down. The bat is sometimes used as a heraldic symbol in Spain and France, appearing in the coats of arms of the towns of Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Fraga, Albacete, and Montchauvet. [278] [279] [280] Three US states have an official state bat. Texas and Oklahoma are represented by the Mexican free-tailed bat, while Virginia is represented by the Virginia big-eared bat ( Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus). [281] Economics [ edit ] a b "CDC Features – Take Caution When Bats Are Near". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 14 April 2014. The origin of bat wings is most clearly revealed by their skeleton. Every element of that skeleton is clearly homologous with structures in the forelimbs of other mammals, and there is no question that bat wings evolved as a result of modifications to the forelimbs of their ancestors.

Thomas, D. W.; Fenton, M. R.; Barclay, R. M. R. (1979). "Social Behavior of the Little Brown Bat, Myotis lucifugus: I. Mating Behavior". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 6 (2): 129–136. doi: 10.1007/bf00292559. JSTOR 4599268. S2CID 27019675. a b Schondube, J. E.; Herrera-M, L. Gerardo; Martínez del Rio, C. (2001). "Diet and the evolution of digestion and renal function in phyllostomid bats" (PDF). Zoology. 104 (1): 59–73. doi: 10.1078/0944-2006-00007. PMID 16351819. Leong, T. M.; Teo, S. C.; Lim, K. K. P. (2009). "The Naked Bulldog Bat, Cheiromeles torquatus in Singapore – past and present records, with highlights on its unique morphology (Microchiroptera: Molossidae)". Nature in Singapore. 2: 215–230. Cramer, M. J.; Wilig, M. R.; Jones, C. (2001). "Trachops cirrhosus". Mammalian Species (656): 1–6. doi: 10.1644/1545-1410(2001)656<0001:TC>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198968973.Speakman, J. R. (1990). "The function of daylight flying in British bats". Journal of Zoology. 220 (1): 101–113. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1990.tb04296.x. Geiser, F.; Stawski, C. (2011). "Hibernation and Torpor in Tropical and Subtropical Bats in Relation to Energetics, Extinctions, and the Evolution of Endothermy". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51 (3): 337–338. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr042. PMID 21700575. a b Jones, G.; Holderied, M. W. (2007). "Bat echolocation calls: adaptation and convergent evolution". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274 (1612): 905–912. doi: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.0200. PMC 1919403. PMID 17251105. The smallest bat is Kitti's hog-nosed bat ( Craseonycteris thonglongyai), which is 29–34mm ( 1 + 1⁄ 8– 1 + 3⁄ 8in) long with a 150-millimetre (6in) wingspan and weighs 2–2.6g ( 1⁄ 16– 3⁄ 32oz). [118] It is also arguably the smallest extant species of mammal, next to the Etruscan shrew. [119] The largest bats are a few species of Pteropus megabats and the giant golden-crowned flying fox, ( Acerodon jubatus), which can weigh 1.6kg ( 3 + 1⁄ 2lb) with a wingspan of 1.7m (5ft 7in). [120] Larger bats tend to use lower frequencies and smaller bats higher for echolocation; high-frequency echolocation is better at detecting smaller prey. Small prey may be absent in the diets of large bats as they are unable to detect them. [121] The adaptations of a particular bat species can directly influence what kinds of prey are available to it. [122] Ecology [ edit ] Tent-making bats ( Uroderma bilobatum) in Costa Rica Fornůsková, A; Petit, E. J.; Bartonička, T.; Kaňuch, P.; Butet, A.; Řehák, Z.; Bryja, J. (2014). "Strong matrilineal structure in common pipistrelle bats ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is associated with variability in echolocation calls". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (4): 1115–1125. doi: 10.1111/bij.12381.

By repeated scanning, bats can mentally construct an accurate image of the environment in which they are moving and of their prey. [94] Some species of moth have exploited this, such as the tiger moths, which produces aposematic ultrasound signals to warn bats that they are chemically protected and therefore distasteful. [92] [93] Moth species including the tiger moth can produce signals to jam bat echolocation. Many moth species have a hearing organ called a tympanum, which responds to an incoming bat signal by causing the moth's flight muscles to twitch erratically, sending the moth into random evasive manoeuvres. [95] [96] [97] Vision [ edit ] Megabat species often have eyesight as good as, if not better than, human vision. Their eyesight is adapted to both night and daylight vision, including some colour vision. [101] Magnetoreception [ edit ] Brown University (2007). "Bats in Flight Reveal Unexpected Aerodynamics". ScienceDaily . Retrieved 31 October 2017.Bats are subject to predation from birds of prey, such as owls, hawks, and falcons, and at roosts from terrestrial predators able to climb, such as cats. [170] Low-flying bats are vulnerable to crocodiles. [171] Twenty species of tropical New World snakes are known to capture bats, often waiting at the entrances of refuges, such as caves, for bats to fly past. [172] J. Rydell and J. R. Speakman argue that bats evolved nocturnality during the early and middle Eocene period to avoid predators. [170] The evidence is thought by some zoologists to be equivocal so far. [173] A little brown bat with white nose syndrome Depending on the culture, bats may be symbolically associated with positive traits, such as protection from certain diseases or risks, rebirth, or long life, but in the West, bats are popularly associated with darkness, malevolence, witchcraft, vampires, and death. The rest of the digits (2-5) support the wing. The skeleton of each includes a basal metacarpal, which is the largest element of the digit, and usually 1-3 phalanges. The second digit bears a claw in pteropodids, but not in any microchiropteran. Jenness, R.; Birney, E.; Ayaz, K. (1980). "Variation of L-gulonolactone oxidase activity in placental mammals". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 67 (2): 195–204. doi: 10.1016/0305-0491(80)90131-5.