Carnivorous Bat (Noun)
Meaning
Typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Carnivorous bats have a distinctive flight pattern and usually forage at dusk to hunt their prey.
- Large carnivorous bats tend to fly over longer distances compared to smaller species in search of suitable insect habitats.
- Most carnivorous bats emit a wide range of sounds while flying and searching for prey, a method called echolocation.
- During mating season, carnivorous bats tend to form larger colonies with their social structure consisting of several female and one male bat.
- There are approximately over 1300 known species of bats, out of which 75 percent of the carnivorous bats can be classified as insectivorous.