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Which bat species do not use echolocation?

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Bats' ability to navigate gracefully in the dark kind of seems like a superpower at first glance. Many of these flying mammals use echolocation: they emit sonar and then detect the sound waves that return after bouncing off another object. read more

All of the microbats use echolocation including vampire bats (there are more than 1000 species of microbats). However, there was only one known genus (Rousettus with 10 species) of the 200 megabat species that we knew echolocation until 2014. read more

Many of these flying mammals use echolocation: they emit sonar and then detect the sound waves that return after bouncing off another object. Echolocation is useful for navigation (not running into that tree up ahead) as well as finding food (zeroing in on a tasty moth fluttering nearby). read more

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Bat Conservation Trust
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Bat Facts and Information
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Bats and Echolocation
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Do all bats use Echolocation?
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