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Order Chiroptera

Grey headed flying fox in flight with trees in the background
Grey-headed flying fox (by Andrew Mercer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

With nearly one-quarter of the world’s mammalian species, Order Chiroptera is the second most diverse order. Only Rodentia has more. Bats are the only “volant” mammals – the only mammals with powered flight. Unlike birds, where the wing is made up of fused finger bones and stiff feathers, bat wings are extensions of four fingers…

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