The commonly named "flying!' squirrels and "flying" lemurs actually glide or parachute by means of a furred membrane, but only bats have the structural adaptations that allow for full powered flight.

All species of Adirondack bats forage at twilight or at night, capturing insects which they detect by echolocation. They capture prey with their teeth, and by netting them with the tail membrane, or ...

As headlamps turn toward her, Slack stretches out a bat wing, its thin membrane marked by two half-inch tears. They could be from a run-in with an owl, or a barbed-wire fence. Or they could be a ...

1). The saphenous (interfemoral) vein is found in the uropatagium (tail membrane) parallel to the femur (Fig. 2). The blood volume of bats comprises ∼10% of the total body weight (9.0–11.0 ml ...