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 Pteropodidae: Scotonycteris zenkeri (Zenker's
fruit bat), Gabon. Photo by L. H. Emmons.
The National Museum of Natural History receives numerous
requests for information on bats. This list of selected references is
divided into 3 categories: general, technical, and popular.
The general section focuses on the broad topics of evolution, biology,
natural history and behavior of bats. The technical section provides citations
that expand and detail particular species or subjects and may be of interest
to the college student. Some of the technical works are also included
in the general category because of their readability and breadth of information.
The popular section includes citations from periodicals that are easy
to obtain in local libraries and books suitable for young children. A
double star ** is used to designate references for elementary age students.
Sources of information about bats are also
included.
General
Allen, G.M.
1962 Bats. Dover Publications, New York. 368
pp. (Chapters on folklore, habitat, distribution, migration, hibernation,
behavior and diseases.)
Altringham, J.
1996 Bats: Biology and Behaviour. Oxford University
Press, Oxford; New York. 262 pp. (For undergraduates and graduates;
broad coverage including ecology, evolution, flight, echolocation, reproduction
and conservation.)
Barbour, R., and W. Davis
1969 Bats of America. University Press of Kentucky,
Lexington. 286 pp. (Identification manual for bats of the U.S., records
range, habitat, reproduction, behavior, parasites; includes guide for
studying bats.)
Fenton, M.B.
1983 Just Bats. University of Toronto Press,
Toronto, Buffalo. 165 pp.
1992 Bats. Facts on File, Inc., New York. 207
pp. (Easy to read summary of the biology, behavior and conservation
of bats; includes anatomy, origin, flight, echolocation, other senses,
populations, roosts, and several species accounts.)
Griffin, D.
1986 Listening in the Dark: the Acoustic
Orientation of Bats and Man. Reprint of 1958 publication by Comstock
Publishing, Ithaca. 415 pp. (Excellent technical discussion)
1959 Echoes of Bats and Men. Anchor Books, Garden
City, New York. 156 pp.
Hill, J.E., and J.D. Smith
1984 Bats: a Natural History. University of
Texas Press, Austin. 243 pp. (For layman and professional. Chapters
include: form and structure, evolution, flight, food, thermoregulation,
reproduction, echolocation, population ecology, man and bats.)
Kunz, T.H. (editor)
1982 Ecology of Bats. Plenum Press, New York,
London. 425 pp. (Accounts of roosting, reproduction, growth, physiological
ecology, etc.)
Novick, A., and N. Leen
1969 The World of Bats. Holt, Rinehart &
Winston, New York. 171 pp. (Many photographs; for all ages)
Nowak, R.
1991 Walker's Mammals of the World. 5th edition,
Vol. I. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. 642 pp.
1994 Walker's Bats of the World. Introduction
by T.H. Kunz and E.D. Pierson. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
287 pp. (Portions adapted from Walker's Mammals of the World,
5th edition.)
Schmidly, D.J.
1991 The Bats of Texas. Texas A & M University
Press, College Station. 188 pp. (Synopsis of current information about
Texas bats: systematics, distribution, and biology. Three sections:
bats in general, a key, and 32 species accounts.)
Slaughter, R.H. and D.W. Walton, (editors)
1970 About Bats. Southern Methodist University
Press, Dallas. 339 pp.
Tuttle, M.D.
1988 America's Neighborhood Bats. University
of Texas Press, Austin. 96 pp. (Easy to read summary with personal accounts
focusing on facts versus myths. Includes beginner's key for identification.)
Wilson, D.E.
1997 Bats in Question: The Smithsonian Answer Book.
Photos by Merlin D. Tuttle. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington,
DC 168 pp. (Covers aspects of bat biology, evolution and behavior in
easy-to-read question and answer format. Useful bibliography.)
Wilson, D.E., and D.M. Reeder (editors)
1993 (See Technical)
Wimsatt, W. (editor)
1970 (See Technical)
Yalden, B.W., and P.A. Morris
1975 The Lives of Bats. David & Charles,
London. 247 pp.
Technical
Baker, R.J., J.K. Jones, Jr., and D.C. Carter
1976 to 1979 Biology of Bats of the New World Family
Phyllostomatidae. Special Publication, Museum of Texas Tech University.
Nos. 10, 13, and 16.
Fenton, M.B.
1985 Communication in the Chiroptera. Indiana
Press, Bloomington. 161 pp.
Fenton, M.B., P. Racey, and J.M.V. Rayner
1987 Recent Advances in the Study of Bats. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge. 470 pp.
Findley, J.S.
1993 Bats: A Community Perspective. Cambridge
University Press. 167 pp. (Overview of bat biology, systematics diversity
and review of methodological problems in bat research.)
Geluso, K.N., J.S. Altenbach, and R.C. Kerbo
1987 Bats of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
Carlsbad Caverns National History Association, Carlsbad, N.M. 33 pp.
Greenhall, A.M.
1982 House Bat Management. Resource Publication
No. 143, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. 33 pp.
Greenhall, A.M. and J. Paradiso
1968 Bats and Bat Banding. Resource Publication
72, Bureau of Sport Fish and Wildlife. Washington, DC. 48 pp.
Greenhall, A.M., and U. Schmidt
1988 Natural History of Vampire Bats. CRC Press,
Boca Raton, Florida. 246 pp.
Handley, C.O. Jr., D.E. Wilson, and A.L. Gardner (editors)
1991 Demography and Natural History of the Common Fruit
Bat, Artibeus jamaicencis, on Barro Colorado Island, Panamá.
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 511. Smithsonian Press,
Washington, DC 173 pp.
Hekkers, J., (editor)
1984 The Bats of Colorado: Shadows in the
Night. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver. 23 pp.
Hill, J.E., and J.D. Smith
1984 (See General)
Howard, R.W.
1995 AURITUS. A Natural History of the Brown Long-Eared
Bat. William Sessions Limited, York, England. 154 pp. (monograph
on a single British Bat.)
Kunz, T.H. (editor)
1988 Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study
of Bats. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 533 pp. (For
the professional: techniques for capturing, marking and measuring, surveying,
photographing, analyzing diets, etc.)
Miller, G.S., Jr.
1907 The Families and Genera of Bats. U.S. National
Museum Bulletin 57, Washington, DC. 282 pp.
Ransome, R.
1990 The Natural History of Hibernating Bats.
Christopher Helm, London. 235 pp.
Schmidly, D.J.
1991 (See General)
Turner, D.
1975 The Vampire Bat: A Field Study in Behavior
and Ecology. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore. 145 pp.
Wilson, D.E., and D.M. Reeder (editors)
1993 Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and
Geographic Reference. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, DC 1206 pp.
Wimsatt, W. (editor)
1970-1977 Biology of Bats. Vols. I,II, III.
Academic Press, New York.
Popular
Ackerman, D.
1997 Bats. Shadows in the Night. Photographs
by Merlin Tuttle (Personal account of capturing, studying and photographing
bats with Merlin Tuttle at Big Bend National Park.) **
Adams, R.A., and S.C. Pedersen
1994 "Wings on Their Fingers." Natural
History, Vol.103, No.1, pp. 48-54.
Braus, J.(editor)
1986 "Bats." Ranger Rick's Nature Scope
Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 33-44. **
French, T.W., J.E. Cardoza, and G.S. Jones
1986 A Homeowner's Guide to Massachusetts Bats and
Bat Problems. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston. 18 pp.
Heinrichs, J.
1986 "Build Your Own Bat House." International
Wildlife, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 42-43.
Laycock, G.
1981 Bats: Wings in the Night. Random House,
New york. 79 pp.**
Mohr, C.E.
1976 The World of the Bat. J.B. Lippincott Co.,
Philadelphia. 162 pp.**
Novick, A.
1973 "Bats Aren't All Bad," National Geographic,
May 1973, Vol. 143, No. 5, pp. 614-637. (For all ages)
Novick, A., and N. Leen
1969 (See General)
Richarz, K., and A. Limbrunner
1993 The World of Bats. Flying Goblins of the
Night. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ. 192 pp.
Robertson, J.
1990 The Complete Bat. Chatto & Windus,
London. 165 pp.
Schlein, M.
1982 Billions of Bats. J.B. Lippincott, New
York. 56 pp. **
Schober, W.
1984 The Lives of Bats. Arco Publishing, New
York. 200 pp.
Strohn, B.
1982 "Most `Facts' about Bats are Myths."
National Wildlife, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 35-39.**
Tuttle, M.D.
1982 "The Amazing Frog-eating Bat." National
Geographic, Vol. 161, No. 1, pp. 78-91. **
1984 "Harmless, Highly Beneficial, Bats Still
Get a Bum Rap." Smithsonian, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 74-81.**
1986 "Gentle Fliers of the African Night."
National Geographic, Vol. 169, No.4, pp. 540-558.**
1988 America's Neighborhood Bats. University
of Texas Press, Austin. 96 pp. (Readable answers to the many questions
you might have about bats from an authority on the subject.)**
1995 "Saving North America's Beleaguered Bats."
National Geographic, Vol. 188, No. 2, pp. 36-57.**
Tuttle, M.D., and D.L. Hensley
1993 The Bat House Builder's Handbook. Bat Conservation
International, Austin, Texas. (How to attract bats.)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Bat Facts
Bat World
Sanctuary (http://www.batworld.org/main/main.html)
Bat Research News
Issued quarterly, an important publication specializing
in current research on bats. It includes technical papers with abstracts,
latest news reports, book reviews, announcements and notes on meetings
and symposia and an extensive categorized listing of recent literature.
Can be obtained at a large university library, or by subscription
from G. Roy Horst, Department of Biology, State University of New
York at Potsdam, New York 13676. E-mail horstgr@potsdam.edu
Journal of Mammalogy
Issued quarterly by the American Society of Mammalogists,
publishes technical studies on all aspects of the biology and behavior
of mammals. The Society also issues Special Publications (book-length
monographs), Mammalian Species (summaries of the biology of
individual species).
Zoological Record
An index published by the Zoological Society of London,
specializes in titles of interest to taxonomists but also lists articles
on morphology, physiology, genetics, and ecology of specific animal
groups; indexed by author, subject systematics, and geographic area.
Bat Conservation International:
A nonprofit organization dedicated to educate and
publicize the value of bats and promote conservation and research
projects dealing with them. For additional information you may write
them at P.O Box 162603, Austin, Texas 78716.
For a listing of bat conservation groups in other countries
see Bats in Question, page 130, by D. Wilson, (See General).
Prepared by the Department of Systematic Biology, Vertebrate
Zoology,
National Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with the
Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution
April 1999
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