2. Alana Jensen Gonzales-Stoller Surveillance ESER Program

9.  The bat's fingers are very long compared to its body. If we had fingers like a bat, they would be longer than our legs!

16.  Hoary Bat

21. If you said “No” you are correct.  Bats are mammals just like people.  Bats are the only mammals who can fly.  There are more than 1,000 bat species in the world.  Only true group of flying mammals  Chiroptera = “hand- wing”

23.  uropatagium

30.  3 species of vampire bats.  Live in South America and feed mostly on the blood of farm animals.

34. Townsend’s Big-eared Bat Horseshoe Bat - noseleaves Nectar Bat - Ecuador

35.  Finding food  Locating pups

36.  Largest nose leaf  Facial flaps  Super-big ears  Insect eater  Latin America

37.  Big ears  Strange facial flaps  Most sophisticated navigation system  Asia  Insect-eater

38.  Wingspan – 4 feet  Fruit and nectar eater  An important pollinator  No echolocation (small ears)  Great vision  Good sense of smell  Megabat

40.  Microbats can eat up to 1,000 bugs an hour! These bugs include mosquitoes, moths, locus, grasshoppers, etc.  They save farmers 2.3 billion dollars a year in the United States

41.  Macrobats like the large fruit bats love to eat ripe fruits. As the seeds pass through them, they spread them all over the forest.

42.  There are many bats that live on the nectar from the flower of plants. They are pollinators.  Bananas  Dates  Peaches  Mangoes  Cashews  Agave  Figs  Avocados

43.  Bat poop or guano is actually a very beneficial fertilizer.  Vampire bats contain a blood thinning chemical that can help stroke victims and others that need it.

44.  Mammals  Wingspan  Number of fingers  Weight  Heart rate  Wing beats  Food Consumption  Lifespan Tail flap – interfemoral membrane

45. Bumblebee BatFlying Fox

47.  Are bats birds? What are they?  Are bats important?  Are bats good mothers?  What do bats eat?  What is an insectivore?  What is a nocturnal animal?

48.  Bats are most closely related to: a. Mice a. Mice b. Squirrels b. Squirrels c. Humans d. Birds

49. If you choose ( c ) humans, you are correct. Bats are mammals and nurse their young just as we do.

50.  Bats give birth to: a. Litters b. Young twice a year c. One baby a year c. One baby a year

51. If your answer was ( c ) one baby a year, you are right. A female bat will give birth to only one baby a year, rarely twins are born.

54. a. Hunt at night b. Steal food from houses c. Hunt during the day  Bats:

55. If you answered ( a ) hunt at night you are correct. Bats hang upside down and sleep during the day. They hunt for food at night. They are called nocturnal animals. Little Brown Bat

56.  Big Brown Bat

57.  Bats are: a. Blind b. Able to see very well c. Able to see very little

58. If you answered blind you are wrong. The correct answer is ( b ) bats see very well. All bats can see, some better than us. The Mega Chiroptera bats have very large eyes that enable them to see in flowers and fruit in the night. Micro Chiroptera (smaller bats) can see, but do rely on their ability to echolocate for capturing insects and navigating in the dark. Pallid Bat Flying Fox