There are lots of fun facts about bats. Did you know that?

• Bats are not an insect or a bird. Bats are mammals.
• There are 1100 known species of bats. They account for about 20% of all mammal species.
• Bats are the only mammals that can fly. Other 'flying' mammals, such as flying squirrels and colugos, only glide.
• The world's smallest bat, Kitti's hog-nosed Bat, is the size of a bumble bee and weighs little more than a one cent coin.
• The world's largest bat, giant golden-crowned fruit bat, weighs roughly 3 pounds (1.2 kg) and can stretch its wings 5 feet (1.5 m) or more.
• While most bats are insectivores, a type of carnivore that eats insects, some bats are frugivores, a herbivore that eats mainly fruit, and a few are true carnivores.
• A little brown bat can eat 1,000 mosquitoes in just 1 hour and as many as 4,500 in a single night.
• Some bats use echolocation to find their way and locate prey. The echo of their calls helps them determine distance and identify objects when its too dark to see.
• Some bats migrate twice a year, some bats pass into torpor meaning they wake to feed on warm winter days, and some bats hibernate for 6 months each year.