What creature is sometimes referred to as a flittermouse?

Answer 1

A bat is also called flittermouse as well as flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse. Bat is also known as Cave Bat, Canyon Bat, or Darksinger. A group of bats is called a “clowd”.

There are several varieties of Bat, as seen in the various names above. The Flittermice are those bats be found in residential areas. They have tiny thumb-long bodies covered with soft, fine fur. Membranous, delicate wings with tiny bloodvessels and a soft downy flocking can stretch about two to three handspans across. Farmers report seeing the small Flittermouse diving through clusters of bugs near their houselantern, seeming to sift out the larger flying beetles from the smaller gnats and flies with a meticulous discrimination. Also, a clowd of Flittermice will settle on one type of fruit tree and drain the juices from every succulent globe, while ignoring other varieties immediately beside it.

Cave and Canyon Bats as implied by their names are those found in caves or canyons are larger; their torsos can range up to a hand in size, and the wingspan about a fore. Hollow, jointed bones with minute, powerful claws at ‘elbow’ and ‘wrist’ hold and structure the membrane of the wings and allow a meticulous folding or a taut expansion of the wing.

This small flying mammal has a natural ‘sonar’ system, is a devoted mate, and can eat its weight in insects in one night. It prefers to roost in caves by day and flies by night, using bounced echoes to determine its location in the air.

Bats that have been able to send and receive simple messages through aural pulses by echolocation and bats who specialize in this skill are known as Morjualerons, translated as “Songspeakers” and “Darksingers”.

All varieties have the same basic body structure, topped by a dog-like little head with large ears. A short muzzle contains both a fine mesh of bony gum (good for trapping and grinding insects) and a few tiny, sharp teeth, often used to pierce the skin of fruit. An equally sharp, tube-like tongue is then projected into the fruit and the juices extracted with a sucking action. Huge light-absorbing eyes seem efficiently designed for night flight, but in fact the Bat can fly in complete darkness.♥

Answer 2

A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. Their most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammal in the world naturally capable of flight; other mammals, such as flying squirrels and gliding phalangers, can glide for limited distances but are not capable of true sustainable flight. The word Chiroptera can be translated from the Greek words for "hand wing," as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand, with a membrane (patagium) between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body.

There are estimated to be about 1,100 species of bats worldwide, accounting for about 20% of all mammal species.

About 70 percent of bats are insectivorous. Most of the remainder feed on fruits and their juices; three bat species sustain themselves with blood and some prey on vertebrates. These bats include the leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) of central America and South America, and the related bulldog bats (Noctilionidae) that feed on fish. There are at least two known species of bat that feed on other bats: the Spectral Bat or American False Vampire bat and the Ghost Bat of Australia.

Some of the smaller bat species are important pollinators of some tropical flowers. Indeed, many tropical plants are now found to be totally dependent on them, not just for pollination, but for spreading their seeds by eating the resulting fruits. This role explains environmental concerns when a bat is introduced in a new setting. Tenerife provides a recent example with the introduction of the Egyptian fruit bat. Bats are mammals. Though sometimes called "flying rodents", "flying mice," or even mistaken for bugs and birds, bats are neither mice nor rodents, and certainly not arthropods.

Answer 3

Sounds like a bat.

Answer 4

a mouseflitter

Answer 5

have no clue.....but i am curious to kn ow