Homeschooling Tell Me Why: (All About Bats)

A bat is a mammal with the front limbs developed as wings, which makes it the only flying mammal in the world. A bat’s scientific name Chiroptera means ‘hand wing’ in Greek. Indeed, a bat’s open wing resembles an outspread human hand, with slim, elongated fingers and elastic skin membranes stretching between the fingers and connecting the wing to the body. The bat’s wings are much lighter and thinner than the bird’s feathered wings; that makes a bat much more maneuverable than a bird.