Bats

Marianne Taylor worked for seven years in natural history publishing, first at Bloomsbury and later at Birdwatch magazine, before becoming a writer. She has written more than twenty books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects; her books include Bats, Owls, Hummingbirds (Ivy Press), the RSPB's British Birds of Prey, (A&C Black), Dragonflight (Bloomsbury), and The Nature Book (Michael O’Mara). Merlin D. Tuttle is an ecologist, wildlife photographer and conservationist who has studied bats and championed their preservation for half a century. He is known globally through his scientific discoveries, popular articles and beautiful photographs of bats. His work has been featured in expositions from Harvard University to the British Museum and in numerous feature articles that include the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker and National Geographic. He currently directs Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, which he founded after retiring from leading Bat Conservation International for 30 years. 

Foreword  6
 
Introduction  8

Bat Research  10

What is a Bat?  12

Evolution  16

Diversity  19

Biology  22

Behavior  30

Ecology  44

Bats & People  48

About this Book  57
 
Yangochiroptera accounts  58
Myzopodidae • Emballonuridae • Nycteridae • Furipteridae • Mormoopidae • Mystacinidae • Natalidae • Noctilionidae • Phyllostomidae • Thyropteridae • Cistugidae • Miniopteridae • Molossidae • Vespertilionidae
 
Yinpterochiroptera accounts  298
Pteropodidae • Craseonycteridae • Hipposideridae • Megadermatidae • Rhinolophidae • Rhinonycteridae • Rhinopomatidae 
 
Index of Scientific Names  388

Index of Common Names  397

Acknowledgments & Biographies  400