BATS

Bats

Kolk, Melinda. bigbrownbat2.jpg. 1-Oct. Pics4Learning. 21 Oct 2010  Diet: Bat detect prey using echolocation. Wow, did you know that 950 species of bat eat insects. Some eat fruit, nectar , and pollen. some eat blood, fish , or other mammals.

Lifespan/Life cycle: Did you know bats have low rate reproduction? They have 1 or 2 in a litter and 1 or 2 litters a year. They are pregnant up to a year

__**Habitat**__ Bats live in lots of places. They live in New York State but they like the tropics. During the winter they sleep in crevices and caves in hibernation. Bats sleep in ones and twos but often roosts in groups. They also sleep in hollow trees and spaces under bark.

__Physical Characteristics__ The bat's fur is white, red, brown, gray, and black. The length is from3/4 inches to15 inches with a wing span up to 5 feet.



__Resources __:
Tate, George H. H. "Bat." //Encyclopedia Americana//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

Fenton, M. B. "Bat." //Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .