Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), small mouse-like flying mammal.From British Quadrupeds, W MacGillivray, (Edinburgh, 1828), one of the volumes in William Jardine's Naturalist's Library series. Hand-coloured engraving.
Flying Fox Bat; fruit bat; old world fruit bat; genus Pteropus; Megachiroptera; captive; endangered; species; extinct; extinction; nocturnal; mammal; suspension; suspended; hanging; wings; body; face
bat; color image; colour image; fly-at-night; flying fox; fruit; horizontal format; muzzle; no people; outdoors; photography; teeth; wingspan, vertical format, animal, bat, fly, vampire, fox, fruit bat, scary, asleep, wings, wrapped, folded, hand, suspended, dangle
Description
Bats belonging to the megabat order are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes among other numerous colloquial names. They live in the tropics and subtropics of Asia (including the Indian subcontinent), Australia, Indonesia, islands off East Africa (but not mainland Africa), and a number of remote oceanic islands in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Flying Fox Bat; fruit bat; old world fruit bat; genus Pteropus; Megachiroptera; nocturnal; mammal; head; body; wings; suspension; suspended; hanging; upside down; captive; endangered; species; extinct; extinction
The Madagascan Flying Fox, Madagascar Flying-fox, or Madagascar Fruit Bat (Pteropus rufus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It eats fruits, flowers, figs and leaves.
vertical format, photography, no people, color image, colour image, animal, bat, fly, vampire, fox, fruit bat, scary, asleep, wings, wrapped, folded, hand, suspended, dangle
Description
Bats belonging to the megabat order are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes among other numerous colloquial names. They live in the tropics and subtropics of Asia (including the Indian subcontinent), Australia, Indonesia, islands off East Africa (but not mainland Africa), and a number of remote oceanic islands in both the Indian and Pacific Oceans
Bat, Kazahstan, portrait, sunlight, daylight, desert, Asia, nature, 66b
Description
This bat portrait has been taken in Kazahstan after which a few construction workers had found it. They let him go to a safe place after I had taken a few photographs.
Rare brown long-eared bat indigenous to Ireland and a protected species.Survived being run over by a car. Was stunned,so hence was able to handle for photos.
