Bat Vocabulary

an animal that is hunted for food

• natural habitat

• predator

• prey

an animal that hunts another animal

• predator

• prey

• lethal

habitat

• large bat

• common

• under the skin

• place that an animal normally lives

Echolocation

• Sleep during the winter

• process for locating objects using sound- bounces off an object

• Sleep during the day and awake at night

nocturnal

• Sleep during the winter

• When sound bounces off an object so that it can be located

• active at night

Mammal

• A place where an animal rests

• A warm blooded animal with fur or hair that nurses its young

• A special place where bats live.

Roost

• A place where an animal rests

• A warm blooded animal with fur or hair

• A baby bat

A group of bats is called...

• habitat

• colony

• roost

A microbat is

• a small bat that often eats insects, frogs, and birds

• a baby bat

• a large bat that often eats fruit

A megabat is

• a small bat that often eats insects, frogs, and birds

• a baby bat

• a large bat that often eats fruit