Bat Trivia Questions With Answers
Bats are mammals whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making
them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained what?
A: Flight.
Bats do not flap their entire forelimbs, as birds do, but
instead flap their what?
A: Spread-out digits.
Bats are the second largest order of mammals after what?
A: The rodents.
Bats represent about 20% of all what?
A: Classified mammal species worldwide.
About what percentage of bat species are insectivores?
A: 70%.
Most of the rest are what?
A: Frugivores, or fruit eaters.
A few species feed from animals other than
insects, with
the vampire bats feeding on what?
A: Feeding on blood.
Bats are present throughout most of the world, performing
what vital ecological roles?
A: Pollinating flowers and dispersing fruit seeds.
Many tropical plant species depend entirely on bats for
what?
A: The distribution of their seeds.
One way that bats are economically important is that as
they consume insect pests, they do what?
A: Reduce the need for pesticides.
What is the smallest bat?
A: The Kitti's hog-nosed bat, measuring 1.14–1.34 inches in length.
The largest species of bat are a few species of what?
A: Pteropus (fruit bats or flying foxes) and the giant golden-crowned flying
fox with a weight up to 4 pounds and a wingspan up to 5 feet 7 inches.
Megabats primarily eat what?
A: Fruit or nectar.
Fossilized remains of bats are few, as they are what?
A: Terrestrial and light-boned.
What has enabled bats to become one of the most widely
distributed groups of mammals?
A: Flight.
Bats are found in almost every what?
A: Habitat available on Earth.
Different species select different habitats during
different seasons, ranging from seasides to what?
A: Mountains and even deserts.
Bat habitats have what two basic requirements?
A: Roosts, where they spend the day or hibernate, and places for foraging.
Most temperate species additionally need a what?
A: Relatively warm hibernation shelter.
Bat roosts can be found in hollows, crevices, foliage, and
even what?
A: Human-made structures.
The United States is home to an estimated how many species
of bats?
A: 45 to 48.
What are the three most common species?
A: Myotis lucifugus (little brown bat), Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat), and
Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed bat).
The little and the big brown bats are common throughout the
what part of the country?
A: The northern two-thirds of the country.
Mexican free-tailed bat is the most common species in the
what?
A: Southwest, sometimes even appearing in portions of the Southeast.
The finger bones of bats are much more flexible than those
of other what?
A: Mammals, owing to their flattened cross-section and to low levels of minerals
near their tips.
The wings of bats are much thinner than those of what?
A: Birds, allowing bats to maneuver more quickly and more accurately than birds.
They are also delicate, and can what?
A: Rip easily.
The tissue of the bat's membrane is able to re-grow, such
that small tears can what?
A: Heal quickly.
Mammals have one-way valves in their veins to prevent the
blood from flowing backwards, but bats also have one-way valves in their what?
A: Arteries.
The tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) has what?
A: The longest tongue of any mammal relative to its body size.
