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Bat
Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera (pronounced /kaɪˈrɒptərə/). The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and...
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Summary and Analysis of the U.S. Government Bat Banding Program
This report is a summary of the Bat Banding Program (BBP) administered, coordinated, and maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey in the Department of Agriculture and its successor, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of...
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- 2008
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Biologists struggle to solve bat deaths
Describes an epidemic that has stricken six species of bats in the northeastern United States for 3 years. Researchers are unsure whether a white fungus is the real killer.
Date of first publication:
- May 29, 2009
