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Let us learn about the comparison between megachiroptera and microchiroptera.
Comparison # Megachiroptera:
1. Size:
Largest amongst bats
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2. Food habit:
Frugivorous.
3. Eyes:
Large in size.
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4. Snout:
Elongated.
5. Pinna:
Simple and devoid of leaf-like auricular appendages.
6. Tail:
Free from inter-femoral membrane.
7. Claws in fore-limb:
Both the first and second digits are clawed or only second digits are clawed.
8. Molars:
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Devoid of sharp cusps, but possess longitudinal grooves.
9. Examples:
Pteropus (Flying fox).
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Comparison # Microchiroptera:
1. Size:
Smaller.
2. Food habit:
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Insectivorous
3. Eyes:
Small in size.
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4. Snout:
Small in size
5. Pinna:
Large and with extra lobe, called the tragus. Leaf- like auricular appendages are present.
6. Tail:
When present is enclosed in the inter-femoral.
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7. Claw in forelimb:
Only the first digit is with a claw
8. Molars:
Have sharp cusps and transvers
9. Examples:
Vespertilio, Rhinolophus and Desmodus, Pipistrellus.