... temperature at which bats entered torpor and when torpid metabolic rate reached its minimum, the reduction in metabolic rate below basal values, and minimum torpid metabolic rate in 11 bat species of the family Vespertilionidae with different body mass from warm and cold climates. We included data...

... of hibernating bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Yakutia . Plecotus Al 9 , 8 - 17 . Bieber , C. , Lebl , K. , Stalder , G. , Geiser , F. and Ruf , T. ( 2014 ). Body mass dependent use of hibernation: why not prolong the active season, if they can? Funct. Ecol. 28...

... premaxilla bones of the upper jaw develop abnormally. However, ∼50% of bat species have natural, non-pathological cleft palates. We used the family Vespertilionidae as a model and linear and geometric morphometrics within a phylogenetic framework to (1) explore evolutionary patterns in cleft morphology...

... achieved low, adult-like wing loadings. Our results demonstrate that echolocation and flight develop in parallel but may be temporally offset, such that the sensory system precedes the locomotory system during postnatal ontogeny. Chiroptera Laryngeal echolocation Vespertilionidae Vocal development...

... during echolocation. We recorded electromyograms from the respiratory muscles of three species of bat (Family Vespertilionidae) while the animals vocalised from stationary positions. Activity was recorded consistently from the lateral abdominal muscles (internal abdominal oblique and transversus...