The bats. The origin, habitat, secrets of lifestyle. Cruise S.

Bat mice - nightly winged creatures, whose secretive lifestyle is very difficult for observation and study. Despite the fact that for many thousands of years they live side by side with a person, most people know very little about them, and this ignorance gives rise to condemn and fantasy that are distant from reality. In the book “Bat: the origin, habitat, secrets of lifestyle” are collected and illustrated by numerous photographs and drawings, modern scientific ideas about the biology and diversity of the gunpowder. Its first part creates a “group portrait” of bats, telling about the position of the battleships in the kingdom of animals, about the features of their structure, ways of movement, habitats, lifestyle, origin and relationships with people. The second part of the book is dedicated to the variety of this second largest mammalian detachment and introduces readers to the world fauna of the steamers: from giant volatile foxes weighing more than a kilogram to tiny pigs. And the application discusses the steamed boomes in Russia: the list and brief descriptions of all types of our fauna are given. The book is written in an accessible language and will be interesting not only to students of biological specialties and professional zoologists, but also to everyone who wants to learn more about these animals.

p. V. Cruoscope - a zoologist who devoted more than twenty -five years to the study of bats. He spent many months on expeditions in Russia, in Africa and tropical Asia, observing in nature a wide variety of steamed bats, exploring their lifestyle and habitat.

for a wide range of readers.

2nd edition, supplemented and processed.