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  2. Bat flight - Wikipedia

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    A bat wing, which is a highly modified forelimb. Bats are the only mammal capable of true flight. Bats use flight for capturing prey, breeding, avoiding predators, and long-distance migration. Bat wing morphology is often highly specialized to the needs of the species. This image is displaying the anatomical makeup of a specific bat wing.

  3. List of miniopterids - Wikipedia

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    They range in size from the Shortridge's long-fingered bat, at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 3 cm (1 in) tail, to the great bent-winged bat, at 8 cm (3 in) plus a 7 cm (3 in) tail. Like all bats, miniopterids are capable of true and sustained flight , and have wing lengths ranging from 3 cm (1 in) for many species to 6 cm (2 in) in the western bent-winged ...

  4. Golden-tipped bat - Wikipedia

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    Broken color patterns support crypsis in the golden-tipped bat; [5] thick pelage and wooly fur provide thermal insulation. [5] The average weight of adults is 6.7g. [5] The wings of the golden-tipped bat show a low aspect ratio, with low wing loading. (That is, the wing is broad.) These wing features of support slow flight.

  5. Large flying fox - Wikipedia

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    The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus, formerly Pteropus giganteus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. [3]

  6. Batfink - Wikipedia

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    When not fighting crime, Batfink lives in a split-level cave, though he also has a direct video link to the Chief's office in case his help is needed. Batfink's "supersonic sonar radar" is a super-powered version of a bat's echolocation, used to locate prey. Batfink's power takes the form of the letters of the word "BEEP" either once or twice ...

  7. Miniopterus - Wikipedia

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    Miniopterus, known as the bent-winged or long winged bats, is the sole genus of the family Miniopteridae.They are small flying insectivorous mammals, micro-bats of the order Chiroptera, with wings over twice the length of the body.

  8. Patagium - Wikipedia

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    Wing of a desert red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii) In bats, the skin forming the surface of the wing is an extension of the skin of the abdomen that runs to the tip of each digit, uniting the forelimb with the body. The patagium of a bat has four distinct parts: Propatagium: the patagium present from the neck to the first digit.

  9. Bat species identification - Wikipedia

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    Generally a bat social call is not tonal, in other words it does not consist of a musical type note. Some bat detectors do not produce an accurate recording of a bat social call. Typically bat social calls use a lower frequency range than echolocation calls, and can thus be heard further away. Sometimes a bat will make a social call while ...