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Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
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The order Chiroptera (bats) includes 18 families and 1,116 currently recognized species worldwide, making it the second largest order of living mammalia (Wilson and Reeder 2005). North America has 50 species with 15 found within the state of Mississippi. Several key characters are used to define (and in most cases distinguish) Chiroptera. The major characters include being the only mammal that can fly, possessing a highly developed and modified pectoral region (helps in flight), and having hind limbs that are small and unique; being rotated 1800 so that the knees point backwards (Feldhamer et. al. 2007). The 15 species of Chiroptera found in Mississippi belong to the families Molossidae (free-tailed bats) and Verpertilionidae (evening bats).
Vespertilionids’ tails are relatively long, but most only extend to the edge of the tail membrane or beyond this slightly, they possess small eyes, no noseleaf, and ears with both a targus (fleshy ear outgrowth) and an anterior basal lobe (Feldhamer et. al. 2007).
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