what family are bats in?

Question

My wife thinks they are rodents but I disagree, who can tell me what family it is in.

Answer 1

The single largest group of mammals is the Rodentia. Most non-flying mammals are rodents.

Chiroptera, the second largest mammalian order, is comprised solely of bats.

Despite their resemblance to rodents, bats are not closely related to mice at all. Though their exact placement is still uncertain, there is recent evidence that they may be more closely related to the primates. Whatever their relationships, bats are among the most successful groups of mammals: there are nearly 1,000 species of bats around the world, making up about one quarter of all mammal species.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/rodentia/rodentia.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chiroptera.html

Answer 2

The German word for bats is Fledermäuse, which translates as "flying mice." It's easy to see where this name came from -- many bat species do look a lot like flying rodents. But in fact, bats are more closely related to humans than they are to mice and rats. If you look closely at a bat's wings, you can see the resemblance.

Scientists believe that bats evolved from a non-flying mammal that lived mostly in the trees, roughly a hundred million years ago.

Answer 3

Bats are in the Order Chiroptera, mice and other
rodents are in the Order Rodentia. There are
many families in each Order, especially in the
Rodentia.

The bats are divided into two groups, the
Megachiroptera and the Microchiroptera. These
names just mean big bats and small bats. The
big ones, Megachiroptera, are the so-called flying
foxes and fruit bats, they are mostly fruit eaters
and live in the Old World tropics. The small bats
are largely insect eaters, but they have branched
out into eating a wide variety of foods, depending
on the kind of bat. There are ones that eat fish,
frogs, birds, other bats and blood.

Answer 4

I have a few in my family, but seriously, I think they are mammals and not classified as rodents.

Answer 5

Bats, of course, the only true flying mammals.

http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids/sfkc20031031-1.html

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Answer 6

I think they are they're own family.
Rodents don't fly or have echolocation or have the same teeth as rodents.

Answer 7

Your wife is right. Your wife is always right.

Answer 8

it is rodent

Answer 9

flying mammals, chiropters