Marianne Taylor worked for seven years in natural history publishing, first at Bloomsbury and later at Birdwatch magazine, before becoming a writer. She has written more than twenty books for adults and children on a range of natural history subjects; her books include Bats, Owls, Hummingbirds (Ivy Press), the RSPB's British Birds of Prey, (A&C Black), Dragonflight (Bloomsbury), and The Nature Book (Michael O'Mara).
Foreword 6
Introduction 8
Bat Research 10
What is a Bat? 12
Evolution 16
Diversity 19
Biology 22
Behavior 30
Ecology 44
Bats & People 48
About this Book 57
Yangochiroptera accounts 58
Myzopodidae • Emballonuridae • Nycteridae • Furipteridae • Mormoopidae •
Mystacinidae • Natalidae • Noctilionidae • Phyllostomidae • Thyropteridae •
Cistugidae • Miniopteridae • Molossidae • Vespertilionidae
Yinpterochiroptera accounts 298
Pteropodidae • Craseonycteridae • Hipposideridae • Megadermatidae •
Rhinolophidae • Rhinonycteridae • Rhinopomatidae
Index of Scientific Names 388
Index of Common Names 397
Acknowledgments & Biographies 400
