1. By: Elena Rodriguez, Mateo Schuab, Kai Unfried and Catalina Segura
Bats
By: Elena Rodriguez, Mateo Schuab, Kai Unfried and Catalina Segura

2. General facts Malayan Flying Fox 1,300 species Called Chiroptera
Chiroptera = hand wing
Wing is similar to your hand
Flying foxes are bats
Largest is Malayan flying fox
2 pounds
6-foot wingspan
Malayan Flying Fox

3. Bat Body Parts

4. Why Bats Squeak Make sound humans can't hear (ultrasounds)
Excellent hearing
Echolocation: using echoes to locate something
Sound bounces of objects and their prey
This can tell them how far away their prey is, in the direction it's moving, how fast it is moving, and its size

5. Why bats squeak Echolocation either through mouth or nose Nose leaves
Not every species uses it
Great hearing
Big ears

6. Where they live? Different environments across the UK
North states of the U.S.
During summer the female and male reproduce
During winter they dig holes
And pierce holes in the trees to hibernate there
Babies born there

7. Diet Megabat: ripe fruit Nectar bats: nectar Fishing bats: little fish
Vampire bats: blood
Microbat : insects
Meat eating bats: meat

8. State of Vulnerability
Endangered
Destruction of habitat
Fumigation of insects
Population: 1,152,714

9. Megabat Scientific name: Pteropodidae 2-16 inch Best vision
Sharp teeth
Wings: 5 feet
Roost: 8 females
Predators: hawk, eagle, snakes and/or weasel
Habitat: warm places

10. Kitties Hog-Nosed Bat Also known Bumblebee bat Is a vulnerable species
West of Thailand
Southeast of Burma
A roost has 50 bats
38 males
12 females
Craseonycteris thonglongyai
Smallest bat

11. Vampire Bat Feeds on blood & insects
Most live in Mexico, South & Central America
9 cm. big
They hunt farm animals & insects at night
Only mammal that feeds themselves with blood

12. Giant Golden-Crowed Flying Fox
Rare species
Very long wings (5ft)
Weight 2 1/2 pounds
One of largest bats
Face like a fox
Head: brown
Body: black
Fruit bat (no tail)
Figs
Philippines (deep caves and rainforest)
Endangered (hunting, no food nor shelter)
Stay in groups

13. Fun Facts Sleep upside down Awake at night
They have existed for more than 50 million years
Only mammals that can fly
They live in trees, caves, under bridges, in bushes and dark places
People believe that bats evolved from moths

14. References http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/bats/facts8.htm