#mouse-tailed bat

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Sketchdump, IDK.

[battymarie]

Bat Facts!!!!

(This is my own research from multiple sources, not my pictures and I just really love Bats okay?!)

Flying fox

-also known as fruit bats (megabats)

-found in Australia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Africa, and some Indian and Pacific Ocean islands

-largest mammal capable of flying

-wingspan that can reach 5ft!

-vegetarian

-can fly 9–40 miles each night in search of food

Fun fact!

Flying foxes use sight and smell to find food, unlike insectivorous bats that use echolocation

Microbats

-also known as Microchiropteran bats

-small, ranging from 4–10 cm long and weighing 3–40 grams ( the smallest can fit in the palm of your hand and weigh less than a dime!)

-can fly up to 100mph

-diet includes insects, fruit and animal blood

-Some microbat species have adapted to living in building cavities, such as roofs, walls, and sheds

Fun fact!

Microbats can eat as much as 40% of their own body weight in a single night!

Horseshoe bats

-found mostly in tropical or subtropical areas, including Africa, Asia, and Europe

- favors beetles, moths and crane-flies, but mostly gnats.

-considered small or medium-sized microbats (weighing 4–28 grams)

-have highly sophisticated echolocation

Fun fact!

Some species or their guano are used in traditional medicine in Nepal, India, Vietnam, and Senegal!

Mouse-tailed bat

-found in North Africa, Thailand, and Sumatra

-small, only 5 to 6 cm

-tail-length of 40 to 80 mm and a body weight of 6 to 14 grams

-live in colonies of thousands, where they gather in small, scattered groups

- have poor flight endurance

Fun fact!

They have slit-like nostrils that can be closed to keep out sand and dust!

More fun facts and pictures!!!

-Bats are important pollinators for plants like agave, cacao, figs, mangoes and bananas. 

-Some bats hibernate in caves during the winter and can survive freezing temperatures, even if they are encased in ice!

-The oldest known bat fossil is 50 million years old!

-Small insect-eating bats can have as many as 38 teeth. Vampire bats have only 20!

-Weakness: super-smooth vertical surfaces

-Male Dyak’s fruit bats are able to feed their young milk from their own mammary glands

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Small lad

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A design concept I finished

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Xymas Communications headgear

As modeled By this Unnamed Mouse-tailed Boy . 

[abataday]

Mouse-Tailed Bat (Rhinopoma spp.)

I didn’t finish this drawing, unfortunately, but here’s a mouse-tailed bat clinging to a cave wall. For bats, these guys have extraordinarily long tails. They’re also quite lanky, and somewhat clumsy flyers.

[koryos]

Let’s take a moment to think about flexibility, love, and Rhinopoma spp.

Consider:

six species of flying cave goblins

they are bat beanpoles. arms fo days. legs fo mins. please nourish yourselves

echolocate through their noses but subtly

genus name means “nose fruit” (???? they’re not even fruit bats)

they actually kind of suck at flying but have been known to chase beetles on foot

that tail though

roost in the goddamn pyramids, that’s right, these are actual tomb bats

here’s a picture of two having an argument:

that looks fake but okay

also they are small

In conclusion, if you didn’t know that these bats existed, you do now and your life is improved.

Photo sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5