Bats

Family Phyllostomidae

California Leaf-nosed Bat	Macrotus californicus
Long-tongued Bat		Choeronycteris mexicana

Family Vespertilionidae

Little Brown Myotis		Myotis lucifugus
Yuma Myotis			Myotis yumanensis
Cave Myotis			Myotis velifer
Long-eared Myotis		Myotis evotis
Fringed Myotis			Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis		Myotis volans
California Myotis		Myotis californicus
Small-footed Myotis		Myotis ciliolabrum
Silver-haired Bat		Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western pipistrelle		Pipistrellus hesperus  
Big Brown Bat			Eptesicus fuscus
Red Bat				Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat			Lasiurus cinereus
Southern Yellow Bat		Lasiurus ega
Spotted Bat			Euderma maculatum
Townsend's Big-eared Bat	Plecotus townsendii  
Pallid Bat			Antrouzous pallidus

Family Mollossidae

Brazilian Free-tailed Bat	Tadarida brasiliensis
Pocketed Free-tailed Bat	Tadarida femorosacca
Big Free-tailed Bat		Tadarida macrotis
Western Mastiff Bat		Eumops perotis californicus   

BAT INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN

BOOKS

• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, 1993, 48 pages, 1994 Winner of the American Booksellers' Book of the Year Award.
  
• It Goes Eeeeeeeeeeee! by Jamie Gilson, 1994, 68 pages.
  
• BATS- A Nature Fact Book by D. J. Arneson, 1992, Kidsbooks, Inc., 7004 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60645, ISBN: 1-56156-147-9.
  

GAMES

Bat Conservation International, P.O. Box 162603, Austin, Texas 78716
Audiovisual Programs,Books, Posters, Educational Materials

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^v^                             BAT-GAME
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Het Groene Wiel
Hendrikweg 14-B               ^v^
6703 AW Wageningen
The Netherlands        Phone: (+31) 8370 22041

_Introduction_
By playing this bat game pupils of primary school may better
understand how sonar- or echo-locating system is actually
working for these animals. In the Bat-Game pupils act like a
bat while theyhave to find their way in the 'dark' across
invisible obstacles. It deserves attention to use the program
only in combination with accompanying documentation.
_Installation_
The program works on IBM PCs with VGA. Problems may arise with
some versions of Windows. The batch program 'install' will
copy files from the diskette towards DISK with directory
C:\VLEER
_Getting Started_
Go to directory 'vleer'. This starts up the short version.
Game is over when the bat has found his way out from one cave.
You may extend the number of screens to 5 at maximum. This is
done by adding a number as:  vleer 5
You can leave the program by pushing 'Esc".
Availability:
Please write a request to the address on top and add a bank
note of $25 and we will gladly send you a diskette with the
bat game and a read.me file with instructions.
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Ames Education Foundation of Fresno, California has an excellent second grade
curriculum called "Bats Incredible".  I think it retails for $5 or $10.  Lots
of class activities, games, songs, etc.,etc.

PRESENTATIONS

• California Bat Conservation Fund, P.O. Box 1502, Ross, California 94957 (415) 456- 6598/(415)459-2126
  
• Bat Conservation International, P.O. Box 162603, Austin, Texas 78716 Audiovisual Programs,Books, Posters, Educational Materials
  

BOOKS ON BATS

• Bats by M. Brock Fenton, 1992, 207 pages.
  
• The Bats of Texas by David S. Schmidly, 1991, 188 pages.
  
• America's Neighborhood Bats by Merlin D. Tuttle, 1988, 96 pages.
  
• The Bat in My Pocket: A Memorable Friendship by Amands Lollar, 1992, 86 pages.
  

BAT ORGANIZATIONS

• California Bat Conservation Fund
  P.O. Box 1502
  Ross, California 94957
  (415) 456-6598/(415)459-2126

• Bat Conservation International
  P.O. Box 162603
  Austin, Texas 78716