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Tardigrades (/ ˈ t ɑːr d ɪ ɡ r eɪ d z / ⓘ), [1] known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, [2] are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ' little water bear ' .
They are all insectivorous and eat a variety of insects and spiders, [1] but some bats with long toes which trawl for insects on top of the water, such as the long-fingered bat Daubenton's bat, Maluku myotis, Rickett's big-footed bat, and pond bat, may sometimes supplement their diet with small fish from still waters.
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 ...
The Old World leaf-nosed bats. Genus Anthops [45] Flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus) ... Eastern water bat (Myotis petax) Peyton's myotis (Myotis peytoni) Myotis ...
Bats get most of their water from the food they eat; many species also drink from water sources like lakes and streams, flying over the surface and dipping their tongues into the water. [ 149 ] The Chiroptera as a whole are in the process of losing the ability to synthesise vitamin C . [ 150 ]
The big brown bat has been documented from 300–3,100 m (980–10,170 ft) above sea level. [1] It is a generalist, capable of living in urban, suburban, or rural environments. [34] It has been called "the most widespread Pleistocene bat in North America", as it is more represented in the fossil record of that time than any other bat species ...
The general assembly of North Carolina considered a bill in 2007 that would have made Rafinesque's big-eared bat as its state bat. The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [ 3 ] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia . [ 4 ]
A hibernaculum (plural form: hibernacula) (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place in which an animal seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to overwinter.The word can be used to describe a variety of shelters used by many kinds of animals, including insects, toads, lizards, snakes, bats, rodents, and primates of various species.