What family are bats related to? I know they are mammals but are they an evolved animal from some other species?
2006-07-06 09:50:04 · 10 answers · asked by oioioijordan 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Bats are their own special family of Chiroptera (from the Greek for "hand wing"). They are in no way related to any kind of rodent family (like mice, rats, rabbits, etc). More than half of the species of bats are Insectivores, eating mainly insects, the other species thrive typically on an all fruit. There are only three known species that eat the blood of animals, or small vertebrates.
Here's a link with lots more about bats (it's a decent article, but the links are what's really great about this article):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat
2006-07-06 10:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by bibliophile_1976 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only mammals that truly fly, bats probably evolved from primitive shrew-like creatures that lived in trees and whose forelimbs eventually evolved to become wings.......Bats are exceeded only by rodents as the most numerous mammals both in number of species and number of individuals. Chiroptera is the second largest order with 17 families and 925 species worldwide.
so the answer is they are probably most closely related to insectivores like shrews today...
2006-07-06 10:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're extra almost about crocodiles and alligators, in case you seem on the similarities of their underside and their legs. The wing structure is extra suitable extra almost about the prehistoric flying fowl. Dragons stay in caves on the floor, they could't dangle the different way up because the claw structure and layout doesn't enable them to attempt this. there's a huge style of heritage about Dragons and the diverse kinds there have been. The Wyvern is the most complication-free (a impressive 2-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, yet having the top of a dragon, and without spurs)
2016-10-14 04:47:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love word association. Bats are related to baseballs right?
2006-07-06 09:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by somanyquestions 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something like modern tree shrews - tree-living insectivorous critters.
2006-07-06 09:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by Stacy L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rats and Mice
2006-07-06 09:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by Bond 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taradacktell its a type of dinosour
2006-07-06 10:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by marina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rodents
2006-07-06 09:54:57 · answer #8 · answered by jbslass 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also try http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp:
2006-07-08 07:35:33 · answer #9 · answered by william a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RODENTS
2006-07-06 10:21:23 · answer #10 · answered by gdfgfdgfdg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋