What kind of animals do bats belong to?

Bat, the collective name of mammalian Chiroptera, is a kind of mammal with flying ability. Bat forelimbs are extremely slender except the first finger, and there is a thin and hairless wing membrane between the fingers and the hind limbs of the forelimbs, usually between the hind limbs; There are two kinds of bats, big bats and small bats. The name Chiroptera comes from the feature that the forelimbs or hands of this animal degenerate into wings.

Bats are distributed in Hebei in the north, Hainan Island in the south and Sichuan in the west of China. There are 2 1 family, about 230 genera and about 1400 species. They are widely distributed all over the world except some islands in the polar regions and oceans. Most of them live in caves, crevices, eaves and tiles, tree holes or under tree crowns. Bats living in temperate zones either hibernate or migrate to warm places with winter food.

Species status quo

Although bats are one of the most adaptable mammals, under the influence of modern human economic activities, great changes have taken place in the natural environment, destroying the original ecological balance. Many environments are no longer suitable for bats to survive, especially the tourism development of caves, which greatly reduces their distribution and number.

Poisons and wood protectants used to kill insects kill them during hibernation, and many wrong ideas also make humans kill them in large numbers. Some kinds of hollow trees were cut down, and the ruins were torn down or rebuilt tightly, so they could not survive. Like other animals, many bats are becoming less and less in nature and tend to be extinct.