BIOL 4334 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Monofilament Fishing Line, Field Recording, Interfemoral Membrane
2 Sep 2016
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Large eyes, generally don"t rely on echolocation. Subtropical and tropical areas of africa, india, southeast asia, australia and pacific islands. Over 400 species are distributed all over the world, on every continent except antarctica. Wings formed from the bones of the hand. Patagia flaps of skin covering the wing. Tragus tiny part inside the ear. Uropatagium webbing between tail and back foot. Tragus can be a large contributor to identification. Calcar the part of the uropatagium closest to the foot. Where the skin attaches to the foot. Free tail vs. skin connecting to the tip of the tail. Skull shape pay attention to teeth and skull shape. Myotis spp. have 9 teeth in upper quadrant. The rest will have less than 9 teeth in the upper quadrant. White nose syndrome fungus that attacks living skin cells and makes the bat itchy. Wakes them up and forces them to either starve to death or try to face the winter to forage.
