SUBJECT INDEX
Page-number citations in italics refer to figures, and those in boldface refer to tables on those pages. Bat names are found in the taxonomic index.
anatomy, 1.1, 1.2
anticoagulant in saliva, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
attitudes toward bats, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
attracting bat colonies, 3.1, 3.2
banding
Bat Conservation International, 3.1, 3.2
biologist, studying bats, 3.1, 3.2
birds versus bats, 1.1, 1.2
“blind as a bat” myth
blood feeders, 1.1, 2.1
blossom (flower) feeders, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
body shape, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
bony structure, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
adaptations for flying, 1.1, 1.2
fossils, 2.1, 2.2
brain, 1.1, 1.2
breeding. See reproduction
buildings
bat removal from
roosting in
cannibalism
careers in bat biology, 3.1, 3.2
carnivores, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
catching bats, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
caves
bat gates for, 1.1, 1.2
fossils in
funnel traps for, 3.1, 3.2
roosting in, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
classification, 1.1, 1.2. See also the appendix and the taxonomic index
knowledge deficits in, 3.1, 3.2
species
colonies, 1.1, 1.2
in attic
attracting, 3.1, 3.2
nursery
color, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1
communication. See also echolocation; vocalization
conservation
information sources, 3.1, 3.2
reasons for, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
control methods
countershading, 1.1, 1.2
courtship, 1.1, 1.2
crests, of skull
cultural attitudes toward bats, 3.1, 3.2
dentition. See teeth
development of young bats, 1.1, 1.2
diet. See food and eating
ears, 1.1, 1.2
in echolocation
echolocation, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
ear function in, 1.1, 1.2
in fish catching, 1.1, 1.2
in insect catching, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
e-mail discussion group (Batline)
employment as bat biologist, 3.1, 3.2
enemies, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
environment, interactions with, 3.1, 3.2
epaulets
evolution
eyes, 1.1, 1.2
fish eaters, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
fleas
flocking
flower feeders, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
flying, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. See also wings
enemy predation during, 1.1, 1.2
evolution of
in flocks
into people’s hair
soaring in, 1.1, 1.2
speed of
of young bats
foliage. See leaves
folk tales, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
food and eating
aerial insects, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
blood, 1.1, 2.1
bulldog bats
false vampire bats
fish, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
flowers, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2
flying foxes, 2.1, 2.2
foliage insects, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
frogs, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
fruit, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
for hibernation preparation, 1.1, 1.2
jaw structure and, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
roundleaf bats
search for, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
short-tailed fruit bats
vampire bats
vertebrates, 1.1, 1.2
form, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
fossil bats, 2.1, 2.2
frog eaters, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
fruit eating, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
funnel traps, 3.1, 3.2
fur
gates for protecting bat colonies, 1.1, 1.2
geographic distribution
of extant bats
of fossil bats, 2.1, 2.2
glands on shoulders
gliding, 1.1, 2.1
growth of young bats, 1.1, 1.2
guano deposits
economic value of, 3.1, 3.2
geochronology of
human illness from
habitat
hands, 1.1, 1.2
health problems, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
hearing
in echolocation
hibernation, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
after migration
physiology of, 1.1, 1.2
reasons for, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
reproduction timing and
histoplasmosis, 1.1, 3.1
homing
houses built for bat colonies, 3.1, 3.2
illness, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
information sources, 3.1, 3.2
insect eaters
aerial, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
foliage, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
intelligence
Internet discussion group (Batline)
jaws, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Journal of Mammalogy
jumping
larynx in echolocation
leaves
insect gleaning from, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
roosting in, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
as shelter, 1.1, 1.2
legends, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
life span, 1.1, 1.2
litter size, 1.1, 1.2
livestock, vampire bat feeding on
locomotion. See also flying
gliding, 1.1, 2.1
on ground
longevity, 1.1, 1.2
mammalogy, study of
mating, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
membranes, wing (uropatagia), 1.1, 1.2
migration, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
mites
mosquitoes, consumption of
myths, 1.1, 3.1, 3.2
neck
nectar feeders, 1.1, 1.2
nets for bat catching, 3.1, 3.2
newborns, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
number of, 1.1, 1.2
weight of, 1.1, 1.2
nursing, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
mother bats’ recognition of their own young, 1.1, 1.2
nutrition. See food and eating
organizations for bat information, 3.1, 3.2
pain sensation
parasites
pesticides, accumulation in fat, 1.1, 2.1
pigmentation. See color
pollen feeders, 1.1, 1.2
pollination, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
polyestry
predation
by bats, 1.1, 1.2
on bats, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
protection
bat gate in, 1.1, 1.2
reasons for, 3.1, 3.2
rabies, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
repellents for use against bats
reproduction, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
birth, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
brown bats
bulldog bats
horseshoe bats
litter size, 1.1, 1.2
long-fingered bats
roundleaf bats
short-tailed bats
roosting, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
artificial structures designed for, 3.1, 3.2
birth during
blossom feeders, 2.1, 2.2
brown bats
in buildings
bulldog bats
disk-winged bats, 2.1; 2.2
enemy predation during
false vampire bats
flying foxes, 2.1, 2.2
free-tailed bats
in hibernation. See hibernation
horseshoe bats
in leaves, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
mouse-tailed bats, 2.1, 2.2
places for, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. See also caves
roundleaf bats
slit-faced bats
upside down, 1.1, 1.2
vampire bats
saliva, anticoagulant in, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1
seeds, dispersal of, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
senses
hearing, 1.1, 1.2
sight, 1.1, 1.2
touch (pain sensation)
sex. See reproduction
shelter, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. See also caves
sickness
size
skeleton. See bony structure
skin, 1.1, 1.2
of wings
skull
sleep
social systems
sound in echolocation. See echolocation
teeth, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
of blossom feeders
evolution of
of vampire bats, 1.1, 2.1
temperature regulation, .
in hibernation
ticks
trapping bats, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
trees as shelter, 1.1, 1.2
Tuttle trap, 3.1, 3.2
ultrasonic sounds. See echolocation
uropatagia, 1.1, 1.2
vision, 1.1, 1.2
vocalization, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. See also echolocation
voice box in echolocation
walking
weight of young bats, 1.1, 1.2
wings, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7
aerodynamics of, 1.1, 1.2
color of
comparison with bird wings, 1.1, 1.2
evolution of
size of
uniqueness among mammals
winter
hibernation during. See hibernation
migration during, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4