In western culture, bats are frequently regarded as symbols of doom and darkness. Undoubtedly, some of the fear and superstition stems from an unfamiliarity with these mammals. In fact, bats are among the most fascinating of animals. They display a number of remarkable adaptations for their unique lifestyle; they are the only mammals equipped with wings, and they are able to fly and find food in total darkness. This handbook presents a comprehensive summary of facts concerning the 16 species of bats in British Columbia, eight of which occur nowhere else in Canada. With numerous drawings, the book includes descriptions, distributions, and natural histories for each species. It also contains a thorough discussion featuring lifestyle, echolocation, hibernation, roosting sites, conservation, and public health issues. External and cranial keys and illustrations aid in identification.
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David W. Nagorsen , curator of mammalogy at the Royal British Columbia Museum, has done extensive research on bats in this province. R. Mark Brigham is a biologist at the University of Regina and regularly conducts field research in the interior of B.C.
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A good resource,
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This review is from: Bats Of British Columbia (Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook,) (Paperback)
This book is very useful for someone studying or interested in bats in the Pacific Northwest. Although the book is on bats in British Columbia, I've found it to be a great resource for Washington as well. The book could definitely have been organized better so that it's easier to find the bat you're looking for, but it is a relatively short book, so it's not too big of a problem. The index is very annoying to use; each bat is probably listed in the index under 4 different names, and beside each name, instead of just telling you the page number, it tells you a different name to look it up under, so the majority of the time you end up having to look it up twice. Kind of frustrating. Otherwise, love the book and have used it many times.
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