The bats: the only mammals capable of true, sustained flight, using a wing membrane stretched across greatly elongated finger bones. Chiroptera is the second-largest mammal order by species count, and many of its members navigate and hunt using echolocation.
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Member Species/Taxa CountApproximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized. Taxonomic Rank Scientific Name Chiroptera
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