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Photo credit: BCI. Going Bats. A Classroom Lesson From the Mathematics & Science Center. Photo credit: BCI. Wu Fu Symbol ( health, wealth, happiness, long life, good luck). Photo credit: BCI. Classification. Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Sub-phylum Vertebrata Class Mammalia
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Going Bats A Classroom Lesson From the Mathematics & Science Center
Wu Fu Symbol(health, wealth, happiness, long life, good luck) Photo credit: BCI
Classification • Kingdom Animalia • Phylum Chordata • Sub-phylum Vertebrata • Class Mammalia • Order Chiroptera • Sub-orders • Megachiroptera • Microchiroptera
Bat Facts • Largest Bat Large Flying fox of Indonesia (6 ft. wingspan) • Smallest Bat Bumblebee Bat of Thailand (6 in. wingspan)
Virginia Bats • 1000 Bat species worldwide • 45 United States Bat species • 14 Virginia Bat species Photo credit: BCI
Little Brown Bat Photo credit: BCI
Insect Eaters Photo credit: BCI
Gray Bat Photo credit: BCI
Roosting in a Cave Photo credit: BCI Photo credit: BCI
Red Bat Photo credit: BCI
“Hand Wing” Photo credit: BCI
Echolocation Credit: MSC
Big Eared Bat Photo credit: BCI
Nose Leaf and Tragus Photo credit: BCI
Spotted Bat Photo credit: BCI
Pallid Bat Photo credit: BCI
Long-Tongued Bat Photo credit: BCI
Eating & Pollinating Photo credits: BCI
Flying Foxes Photo credit: BCI
Jamaican Fruit Bat Photo credit: BCI
Vampire Bat Photo credit: BCI
Cleaner than Cats! Photo credit: BCI
Great Guano! Photo credit: BCI
Smart and Gentle Photo credit: BCI
Bat Pups Photo credit: BCI
A Bat Nursery Photo credit: BCI
Hibernation A “Bat-sicle” Photo credit: BCI
Congress Ave. BridgeAustin, Texas Photo credit: BCI
Back to the Cave Photo credit: BCI
Photo credits • All photos in this presentation courtesy of BCI (Bat Conservation International)