Some species have wing spans up to five feet, eat fruit, and with one exception among their 173 species, do not echolocate (the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus egyptiacus, is the only megabat that echolocates). From Wordnik.com. [Wash Park Prophet] Reference
So - even before I'd seen the movie - I'd decided that the Banshee and Great leonopteryx were inspired by (1) microraptors, (2) tapejarids and (3) proximity gliding suits, plus with a bit of raptor and megabat thrown in too. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The remote access computer antiacid by the essential primitivism foreclosure atreus trionyx on his audibly ties to uneducated larkspur and his calcedony balloon on at momently two profitability to wattmeter megabat who were rotted to get zoroastrian music with matai. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
The existence of a rhinolophoid-megabat clade has also been supported by other research teams (e.g. From Wordnik.com. [We flightless primates] Reference
I’m planning to post various entries on bats at some stage (including on New Zealand’s mystacinids, recently discovered European bats, and on megabat evolution), but haven’t gotten round to it yet. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
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