Bats

Bats

hibernate

sleep through the winter

bats

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. Chiroptera comes from two Greek words, cheir or "hand" and pteron "wing". This name really gets to the essence of this remarkable order whose fingers have membrane(thin film) around them, making wings that can be very dexterously used for flight. These are the only mammals that can truly fly as well as birds. Some of them even migrate like birds do, in search of food.

mammals

a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young

Pup

a baby bat

wings

a modified forelimb that has fur and is used for flying.

echolocation

the location of objects by reflected sound, in particular that used by animals such as dolphins and bats.

endangered

seriously at risk of extinction.

roost

a place where a bat lives

nocturnal

done, occurring, or active at night

colony

a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.