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"Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the fore-limb peculiarly modified so as to serve for flight, and constituting the order Cheiroptera." -Vaughan, 1906

Bat Head

"Bat, one of the group of wing-handed, flying mammals, having the fore-limb peculiarly modified so as…

The head of a megaderm bat, in life size.

Head of Megaderm Bat

The head of a megaderm bat, in life size.

The head of a roussette bat, in life size.

Head of Roussette Bat

The head of a roussette bat, in life size.

The head of a spectre bat, in life size.

Head of Spectre Bat

The head of a spectre bat, in life size.

The head of a javelin bat, in life size.

Javelin Bat

The head of a javelin bat, in life size.

The head of a long-eared bat, in life size.

Long-Eared Bat

The head of a long-eared bat, in life size.

"Bat is the common name of all animals of the class mammalia which are furnished with true wings, and so are capable of really flying or propelling themselves in the air. Bats are now generally placed by naturalists in the order cheiroptera, although, like many other animals of that great order, most of them are by no means exclusively carnivorous. Upward of 130 species have been described, and there is great probability that the actual number existing is very much greater."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Long-Eared Bat

"Bat is the common name of all animals of the class mammalia which are furnished with true wings, and…

The head of a rhinolophus nobilis bat, in life size.

Rhinolophus Nobilis

The head of a rhinolophus nobilis bat, in life size.

Skeleton of a bat.

Bat Skeleton

Skeleton of a bat.