Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
New World leaf-nosed bats: 217 Vespertilionoidea J. E. Gray, 1821: Family English Name Number of Species Image Figure Natalidae J. E. Gray, 1825: Funnel-eared bats: 10 Molossidae Gervais in de Castelnau, 1855: Free-tailed bats: 126 Miniopteridae Dobson, 1875: Long-fingered and bent-wing bats: 38 Cistugidae Lack et al., 2010: Wing-gland bats: 2 ...
Bats are one of the world’s most enigmatic mammals, found in almost every country, yet best recognized for their elusiveness and mysterious nocturnal behaviors. The unique use of echolocation to ...
Subfamily Harpyionycterinae [10] [5] [11] Genus Aproteles [12] Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) Genus Boneia [10] Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) Genus Dobsonia [13] Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) [14] Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) [15] Negros naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) [16]
Female orcas start breeding at around 6-10 years old, males at 10-13 years. Breeding occurs all year round although it is most common in summer. The gestation period of an orca is about 17 months ...
The Honduran white bat is frugivorous. [10] Along with the little white-shouldered bat, the Honduran white bat is one of the two smallest species of frugivorous bat in the world. [6] It specializes on a species of fig, Ficus colubrinae. [16] However, other species of figs are occasionally consumed, such as Ficus schippii.
The Molossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera. [1] The Molossidae is the fourth-largest family of bats, containing about 110 species as of 2012. [2] They are generally quite robust, and consist of many strong-flying forms with relatively long and narrow wings with wrinkled lips shared through their genus. [3]
The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family. [1] Nevertheless, it is most closely related to Rhinolophidae within the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. [2]
It is an Old World fruit bat found only in the Anjouan and Mohéli islands in the Union of the Comoros in the western Indian Ocean. It is the largest and rarest bat of all Comorian species. Its preferred habitat is montane forest above 200 metres (660 ft) on Mohéli and above 500 metres (1,600 ft) on Anjouan, the destruction of which is a major ...