Bats

Auteur

Marianne Taylor worked for seven years in natural history publishing, first at Bloomsbury and later at Birdwatch magazine, before becoming a writer. She has written more than twenty books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects; her books include Bats, Owls, Hummingbirds (Ivy Press), the RSPB's British Birds of Prey, (A&C Black), Dragonflight (Bloomsbury), and The Nature Book (Michael O'Mara).

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Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species looks in detail at the more than 1,300 species known today.

Résumé
Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species looks in detail at the more than 1,300 species known today.

Contenu

Foreword  6
 
Introduction  8

**Bat Research  10

What is a Bat?  12

Evolution  16

Diversity  19

Biology  22

Behavior  30

Ecology  44

Bats & People  48

About this Book  57
 
Yangochiroptera accounts  58
Myzopodidae • Emballonuridae • Nycteridae • Furipteridae • Mormoopidae • Mystacinidae • Natalidae • Noctilionidae • Phyllostomidae • Thyropteridae • Cistugidae • Miniopteridae • Molossidae • Vespertilionidae
 
Yinpterochiroptera accounts  298
Pteropodidae • Craseonycteridae • Hipposideridae • Megadermatidae • Rhinolophidae • Rhinonycteridae • Rhinopomatidae 
 
Index of Scientific Names*  *388

Index of Common Names*  *397

Acknowledgments & Biographies  400