BAT  ,1 a name for any member of the zoological See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• CHIROPTERA (Greek for " hand-wings ")

Chiroptera (q.v.) . Bats are insectivorous animals modified for See also:

• FLIGHT

flight, i M . E. bakke, the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change to " bat " having apparently been influenced by See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• BATTA

batta, blatta, See also:

• MOTH

moth . The word is thus distinct from the other See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TERM

term " bat," the See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement for striking, which is probably connected with Fr. battre, though a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic or simply onomatopoetic origin has been suggested.with slight See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of progression on the ground; the patagium or "flying-membrane" of some squirrels and of See also:

• GALEOPITHECUS

Galeopithecus (q.v.) probably indicates the way in which the modification. was effected . • They are distributed throughout the See also:

• WORLD

world, but are most abundant in the tropics and the warmer parts of the temperate zones; within these limits the largest forms occur . There is See also:

• GREAT

great variation in See also:

• SIZE

size; the See also:

• MALAY

Malay "flying-See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox " (Pteropus edulis) See also:

• MEASURES

measures about a See also:

• FOOT

foot in the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• BODY

body, and has a wing-spread of 5 ft.; while in the smaller forms the head and body may be only about 2 in., and the wing-spread no more than a foot . The coloration is generally sombre, but to this there are exceptions; the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-bats are brownish yellow or russet on the under See also:

• SURFACE

surface; two See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SPECIES

species are See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white; See also:

• BLAINVILLE
• BLAINVILLE, HENRI MARIE DUCROTAY DE (1777–1850)

Blainville's See also:

• CHIN

chin-leafed bat is See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange; and the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian painted bat (Cerivoula pieta) with its deep orange See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, spotted with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black on the wing-membranes, has reminded observers of a large butterfly . In habits bats are social, non, turnal and See also:

• CREPUSCULAR (from Lat. crepusculum, twilight)

crepuscular; the See also:

• INSECT

insect-eating species feed on the wing, in See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter in the temperate regions they migrate to a warmer See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, or hibernate, as do the See also:

• BRITISH

British bats . The sense-See also:

• ORGANS

organs are highly See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed; the wing-membranes are exceedingly sensitive; the See also:

• NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose-See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf is also an See also:

• ORGAN

organ of See also:

• PERCEPTION (from Lat. percipere, to perceive)

perception, and the See also:

• EXTERNAL

external See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear is specially modified to receive See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound= waves . Most bats are insect-eaters, but the tropical " flying foxes " or fox-bats of the Old World live on fruit; some are See also:

• BLOOD

blood-suckers, and two feed on small See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish . Twelve species are British, among which are the pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus, or P. pipistrellus), the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), the noctule (Pipistrellus [Pterygistesl noctulus) the greater and lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum and R. hipposiderus), &c .