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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
It is cosmopolitan in distribution.
CHARACTERS:
i) It is commonly known as bat.
ii) It is small in size and the body is covered with soft fur.
iii) Snout is short with or without nose leaf.
iv) Pinna are large and often provided with flags, serving as tactile organs and also in hearing.
v) Eyes are small and vision is weak.
vi) Tail is included in the inter- femoral membrane.
vii) Nocturnal in habit.
viii) Gregarious living in colonies of thousands.
iv) Insectivorous, though occasionally frugivorous or sanguivorous.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:
They play important ecological roles as prey and predators, arthropod suppression, seed dispersal, pollination,
