Theobald's Tomb Bat Taphozous theobaldi, Bandhavgarh National park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of all bats are developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of sustained flight (other mammals, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos, can only glide for limited distances). The word Chiroptera comes from the Greek words cheir "hand" and pteron "wing," as the structure of the open wing is very similar to an outspread human hand with a membrane (patagium) between the fingers that also stretches between hand and body.

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Location: Madhya Pradesh, India.
Photo credit: © Raghunandan Kulkarni / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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