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order chiroptera Flashcards

1
Q

What is the Second-largest mammalian order?

A

Chiroptera

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2
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Chiroptera is divided into what 2 suborders?

A

Yinpterochiroptera and

Yangochiroptera

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3
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Bat flight is relatively slow, but

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highly maneverable

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4
Q

Bat’s wings provide

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thrust and lift

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5
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What generates lift?

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unequal pressures above and below the wing

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6
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Bats have low

A

aspect wings

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7
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In bats downstroke

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is power stroke

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8
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In bats, wing tips

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are twisted out and provide thrust

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9
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only nectar feeding bats can hover:

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energetically expensive, downstroke oriented forward, upstroke directed backwards

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10
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High Aspect Ratio VS. Low Aspect Ratio
wings?
flight?
ground?
diet?
A

H long narrow; L short wide

H fast sustained, L slow maneuverable

H forage high above; L forage lower to

H open habitats; L dense vegetation

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11
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Non-echolocating bats are in what family?

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Family Pteropodidae

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12
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In the Family Pteropodidae

the ears?

A

lack tragus

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13
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In the Family Pteropodidae the digits are?

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Two-clawed wing

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14
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The Family Pteropodidae roost

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in colonies in trees and travel long distances to feed

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15
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Hypsignathus monstrosus (apart of) have massive

A

Pteropodidae
vocal apparatus in males
and males form communal leks, singing for sex

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16
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Lactation occurs in

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male fruit bats

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17
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Pteropodidae are known as

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old world fruit bats

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18
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The Family Craseonycteridae is from

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Thailand and Myanmar and is highly endangered

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19
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The Family Craseonycteridae roost

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in caves, forage by gleaning.

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20
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The Family Megadermatidae have large

A

ears and bifurcated tragus

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21
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The Family Megadermatidae have nose

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leaf on snout

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22
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The Family Megadermatidae hunt

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by sight and by eavesdropping

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23
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The Family Megadermatidae is known as

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false vampire and is from Africa, Asia, and Australia.

24
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The Family Hipposideridae

is from

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Old World

25
Q

The Hipposideros gigas (of) is one of the

A

Family Hipposideridae

largest insectivorous bats

26
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The Family Hipposideridae

emits

A

echolocation signals

through nostrils

27
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The Family Hipposideridae

has complex

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nasal folds that helps

focus pulses

28
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The Family Hipposideridae

have large

A

ears that lack tragus

29
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The Family Hipposideridae

have a powerful

A

braced pectoral girdle

30
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The Family Rhinolophidae is known as

A

horseshoe bats, refers to skin fold on nose, and is from the old world

31
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The Family Rhinolophidae are colonial

A

to solitary

32
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The Family Emballonuridae is known as

A

sac-winged bats or sheath-tailed bats and are from Africa, Asia, Australia, Neotropics

33
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The Family Emballonuridae has a glandular

A

sac on propatagium

34
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The Family Emballonuridae has white

A

dorsal stripes

35
Q

The Family Emballonuridae occupy

A

houses, caves, trees, undersides of rocks

36
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The family Myzopodidae is known as

A

sucker footed bats and is from Madagascar

37
Q

The family Myzopodidae have very large

A

ears, mushroom shaped structure similar to tragus

38
Q

The family Myzopodidae thumb and sole of foot

A

have sucker disks which function by gluing

39
Q

The family Mystacinidae are endemic to

A

New Zealand

40
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The family Mystacinidae roost

A

in holes in trees or in the ground

41
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The family Mystacinidae breed

A

in leks

42
Q

The Family Phyllostomidae

are the most

A

diverse (ecologically) bat family

43
Q

The Family Phyllostomidae are known as

A

leaf nosed bats and are from the Neotropics

44
Q

The Family Phyllostomidae wide diversity:

  • large and carnivorous
  • specializes on blood
  • specializes on frogs
  • feeds on nectar
  • feeds on fruits
A 
– Vampyrum 
– Desmodus 
– Trachops 
– Choeronycteris
– Artibeus
45
Q

The subfamily Desmodontinae (of)

A

family Phyllostomidae

are vampire bats and the skull and dentition are highly specialized

46
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The Family Phyllostomidae

detect

A

local temperature differences on skin to

locate blood vessel near surface

47
Q

The Family Phyllostomidae

have anticoagulant

A

in saliva retards clotting

48
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The Family Molossidae is known as

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free tailed bats from Europe, Asia, Australia, New World

49
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The Family Molossidae the shoulder

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and forearm adaptations for flight

50
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The Family Molossidae has wing that is

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long and narrow for high speed flight

51
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The Family Molossidae the ears

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are broad and project side to side to reduce drag during flight

52
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The Family Molossidae fly

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far and high up to 3,000m to forage

53
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The Family Molossidae roost known as

A

in massive colonies in caves

54
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The Family Vespertilionidae are known as

A

Vespertilionid bats and are world wide distribution

55
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Nyctalus lasiopterus and Ia io (of) feed on birds

A

Vespertilionidae

rest insectivorous

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