Zoology Museum

Post Graduates and Research Department of Zoology, V.O. Chidambaram College, Tuticorin 628 008 Tamil Nadu

Ma.7 Pteropus poliocephalus (bat)

 

Phylum : Chordata

Class :  Mammalia

Order : Chiroptera

Family : Pteropodidae

Genus : Pteropus

Species : poliocephalus

Description :

·         Bats are actually warm blooded mammals. All bats have a generally similar appearance in flight, dominated by the expanse of the wings, but they vary considerably in size. Most bats are insectivorous, and they are important to humans primarily for their predation on insects, for pollination, and for seed dispersal.Nocturnal activity is a major feature of the behavioral pattern of bats

 IUCN status : Least concern

 


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