Bats

The Adventure Begins with the Story of Echo the Bat
An online story for younger students that introduces bats, from NASA, GSFC, USGS and NBII.

Bat: Chiroptera
Basic fact sheet on bats from the Defenders of Wildlife.

Bat Conservation International, Inc.
Batcams, North American species lists with descriptions and photos, links to discovering more about bats, and information about echolocation, from Bat Conservation International, Inc.

Bat World Sanctuary
The home page to this bat sanctuary has information on wild bat colonies, bat rescue centers, myths and facts about bats, and more.

Bats at EnchantedLearning.com
Bat information, bat anatomy, bat printouts, specific kinds of bats, and more from EnchantedLearning.com.

Chiroptera: Night Flyers
Introduction, fossil record, life history and ecology,  systematics and more about bats, from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley.

Desert Bats
A detailed fact sheet about the many varieties of desert bats, from DesertUSA.

Kids in Conservation
Fascinating facts about bats, from the Organization for Bat Conservation.

Order Chiroptera
An introduction to the world’s bats, with numerous links to information on specific bat species, from the Animal Diversity Web.

Order Chiroptera: Bats
A introduction to bats, with links to detailed information about many bats species, from the Mammals of Texas-Online Edition, from Texas Parks and Wildlife.

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Last Updated: April 21, 2011