| A | B |
|---|
| nocturnal | animal which is most active at night |
| mammals | Animals that have fur at birth and nurse from theirs mothers milk |
| pup | A baby bat |
| keystone species | A species whose existence impacts the survival of many other species |
| Patagium | Thin, stretchy skin covering a bat's wing. |
| bat thumb | Used by the bat to hook into the ground, bark allowing them to pull their body. Also used to clean out their ears. |
| Chiroptera | The Order of bats which means hand-wings" |
| echolocation | The use of echoes to locate where everything is. |
| echo | When sound bounces off a surface. |
| feeding buz | After sensing potential food, a bat increases its echo from 10 calls per second up to 200 per second. |
| Sonar | A type of echolocation used by the navy to locate ships and submarines. |
| Microchiropterans | Small bats with sharp, carnivorous teeth. |
| Sanguinivorous | Blood feeding bats..."vampire bat". |
| Megachiropterans | Larger bats with flat, chewing herbaceous teeth. |
| Hibernaculum | Place animal hibernates |
