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A Description with Ecology Information

The fishing bats of the world don’t quite conform to the standard stereotype of the flying mammals belonging to the Order Chiroptera that is, a minuscule creature wheeling about at dusk to snag mosquitoes or moths out of the darkening sky. These specialized hunters swoop down upon small fish and other aquatic organisms in the manner of miniature ospreys or bald eagles. Only a few bats of the thousands of described species are known to regularly hunt fish. These include representatives of the vesper bat family, such as the long fingered bat of Eurasia and the fish eating bat of Mexico, as well as two kinds of noctilionid bats: the greater and lesser bulldog bats of the Neotropics. Read on for more facts about fishing bats and their interesting behavioral patterns and diet.Most bats are insectivores: Many use echolocation to pursue flying insects like moths on the wing. Others are nectar eaters, performing essential pollination duties for various kinds of flowering plants. The largest of the world’s bats, the so called flying foxes, feast both on fruits and nectar. Along with species that drink the blood of large mammals (the well known vampire bats), frog eating bats and others that occasionally target songbirds, fishing bats have some of the most unique diets piscivorous, technically of the order. They tend to have relatively longer legs and hind feet than other bat species. According to the US Virgin Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife, for example, the clawed feet of the greater bulldog bat may be nearly four times as big as those of bats that don’t prey upon fish. The foraging bat cruises within a few feet of the water’s surface, employing echolocation to identify the ripples that might betray a feeding fish. To capture its prey, the bat will then drop lower and runs its claws through the water. It may consume the fish on the wing or roost with it somewhere nearby. A 2008 study published in the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science investigated bulldog bat foraging behavior in Costa Rica’s Rio Sirena Lagoon. Water pollution, for example, may affect them in the same manner it affects any higher level aquatic predator. Habitat loss is also a major issue. The bats suffer not only from hydrological diversions and impoundments affecting their hunting grounds, but also from human intrusion into their roosting caves and crevices. Such highly specialized species as the island dwelling fish eating bat of Mexico also faces threats from introduced, non native animals like rats.

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