Flying Creatures Chapter 7

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to be most active at night

nocturnal

a baby bat

pup

animals with fur which give birth to babies and feed them milk

mammals

a species important to the survival of many other species

keystone species

the order to which bats belong

Chiroptera

thin stretchy skin making up bat's wing

patagium

a bat claw that sticks out of the top of the wing

bat thumb

using echoes to locate where things are

echolocation

an increase in bat calls used to find prey

feeding buzz

method used by navy to "see" underwater

sonar

small carnivorous bats with sharp teeth, mostly found in New World

microbats

animals that feed on blood

sanguinivorous

large fruit and plant eating bats, mostly found in Old World

megabats

the spreading of plant seeds to different locations

seed dispersal

the place where an animal hibernates

hibernaculum

bat waste

guano

process plants use to reproduce

pollination