2006-12-17 00:09:01 · 4 answers · asked by sayali d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Bats are excellent flying mammals. They are nocturnal. The forelimbs(particularly 2nd to 5th digits are enlarged to hold the integument which is the wing, Hind limbs have claws.
They are basically of two types: fruit eating ones are large and called flying foxes.Insectivorous bats are smaller.They forage at night and eat flying insects. One of them is vampire bat which punctures the nostril of cattle and horse with sharp canine teeth and sucks blood, and transmits rabies and a protozoan disease called trypanomiasis.
2006-12-17 01:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bats are closely related to primates and very important to the environment as they eat insects that are harmful to humans (mosquitos for example) and iradicate the need to spray harmful pesticides. They are also important pollinators of fruit such as mongoes, avacado, and agave plants (which are used to make tequila). Just think...if there were no bats...there would be no tequila!!
2006-12-17 17:26:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are flying mammals, they sleep upside down in caves and they save us from a lot of mosquitoes bites.
2006-12-17 08:47:25 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can be used to play cricket with
2006-12-17 08:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋