Bats in Captivity

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A comprehensive book intended for anyone maintaining bats in captivity. Bats in Captivity is the only book of its kind, detailing the captive care of bats worldwide. This volume comprises 38 papers by 41 contributing authors. It contains a user-friendly guide to bat identification, subjects on reproductive patterns and parental care, social organization and communication, capturing and handling, releasing bats into the wild, marking bats for individual identification, torpor and hibernation, lactation and postnatal growth, simulating mother's milk and hand rearing pups of all bat groups, plus much more.

Contents

What are Bats and Why Save Them?

Identifying Bats

Reproductive Patterns and Parental Care

Social Organization and Communication

Aging Bats

Longevity in Bats

Capturing and Handling

Aspects of Rehabilitation

Marking Bats for Individual Identification

Methods for Marking Bats

Torpor and Hibernation

Lactation and Postnatal Growth

Hand Rearing Infant Bats