1. Photo credit: BCI

2. Going Bats A Classroom Lesson From the Mathematics & Science Center

3. Photo credit: BCI

4. Wu Fu Symbol ( health, wealth, happiness, long life, good luck) Photo credit: BCI

5. Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Sub-phylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia Order Chiroptera Sub-orders Megachiroptera Microchiroptera

6. Bat Facts Largest Bat Large Flying fox of Indonesia (6 ft. wingspan) Smallest Bat Bumblebee Bat of Thailand (6 in. wingspan)

7. Virginia Bats 1000 Bat species worldwide 45 United States Bat species 14 Virginia Bat species Photo credit: BCI

8. Little Brown Bat Photo credit: BCI

9. Insect Eaters Photo credit: BCI

10. Gray Bat Photo credit: BCI

11. Roosting in a Cave Photo credit: BCI

12. Red Bat Photo credit: BCI

13. “Hand Wing” Photo credit: BCI

14. Echolocation Credit: MSC

15. Big Eared Bat Photo credit: BCI

16. Nose Leaf and Tragus Photo credit: BCI

17. Spotted Bat Photo credit: BCI

18. Pallid Bat Photo credit: BCI

19. Long-Tongued Bat Photo credit: BCI

20. Eating & Pollinating Photo credits: BCI

21. Flying Foxes Photo credit: BCI

22. Jamaican Fruit Bat Photo credit: BCI

23. Vampire Bat Photo credit: BCI

24. Cleaner than Cats! Photo credit: BCI

25. Great Guano! Photo credit: BCI

26. Smart and Gentle Photo credit: BCI

27. Bat Pups Photo credit: BCI

28. A Bat Nursery Photo credit: BCI

29. Hibernation A “Bat-sicle” Photo credit: BCI

30. Congress Ave. Bridge Austin, Texas Photo credit: BCI

31. Back to the Cave Photo credit: BCI

33. Photo credits All photos in this presentation courtesy of BCI (Bat Conservation International)