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Microchiroptera [¦mī·krō·kī′räp·tə·rə] (vertebrate zoology) A suborder of the mammalian order Chiroptera composed of the insectivorous bats. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Recent DNA analyses by Springer and his colleagues show that the single evolutionary lineage containing all the megabats also includes several microbat species that can echolocate. Your students will be fascinated to learn about megabats so big that they are sometimes called flying foxes and about microbats the size of bumblebees. Rayner of the University of Bristol in England suggests that a flying microbat saves energy by pumping out each ultrasonic pulse "on the back of" a wingbeat and a simultaneous exhalation of breath from the lungs. |
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