As well as strong hind legs they also have broad strong feet. Each foot has 5 toes and at the end of each toe is a spur. Theses spurs enable the bat to forage amongst the litter on the forest floor in search of food. As well as climb over obstacles on the forest floor. A Short-Tailed bat has large pointy ears .
Ears are very important for bats that use echolocation .
If a bat were deaf it would not be able to navigate, so would probably not be able to fly, let alone find food. On a short-tailed bat, at the front of the ear lobe is a large triangular piece of skin. This flap of skin is called a Tragus . This flap of skin increases the sensitivity of the bats hearing, enabling it to hear sounds more clearly.